Raising Public Awareness of Islam Using Art

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Raising Public Awareness of Islam Using Art Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:47 PM PST We thought this was an interesting and, at least under certain conditions, possibly an effective way to get through to people without saying a word. An artist travels around Germany to photograph beautiful public statues of women, then veils them and photographs them again. This creates a simple and elegant communication. We found it sad and disturbing to see these beautiful statues veiled. And something else: When the statue is veiled it becomes painfully clear that it obliterates the individuality of the woman. It blanks her out. She becomes a cipher. So much of our unique personalities is revealed in our faces. The veil hides it from the world. Follow the links below to watch Rosato's two videos (slide shows really): Rosato - Part 1  Rosato - Part 2 You can also see Rosato's photographs on Facebook here. In a short post about this, LastDaysNews writes: Repression leads to resistance. Censoring speech leads to more covert forms of messaging. Political correctness gives birth to more sophisticated forms of protest. A mysterious German artist calling himself Rosato has begun putting Burkas over the heads of female statues in the park to warn about the impact of Islamization on Europe. A picture says a thousand words and these pictures communicate even more than that without violating a single law.  One of the qualities free people have in more abundance than those enslaved by restrictive ideologies is creativity. Let's use it to our advantage. Think now: What creative action can you take to get people to take a second look at Islam and stop blindly accepting the comforting lie that Islam is really a religion of peace?