Status Updates From Islam : Art & Architecture

Rolling my Edward Said eyes..

As with most intros in these kinds of books, our foreign authors use aggressive lexicon in narrating Islam and Muslims. Creating a realm where Islam is centrally violent and has nothing to offer other than a reflection of local cultures. The author's words are bricks of facts but Muslim's understanding of their own faith and history is a mere "claim", an "imitation", a "so-called".