“Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has smashed sculptures of horses erected on a roundabout in the southwest after the kingdom’s top cleric denounced them as sinful, local media reported on Wednesday. The decision came after Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Shaikh sent a letter to the governor of Jazan demanding that ‘the sculptures be removed because they are a great sin and are prohibited under sharia (Islamic law),’ said another news webitse, sabq.org. Statues of people and animals are prohibited under Islam as they represent a form of idolatry. However, the religion does allow artworks depicting plants and landscapes.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/12/saudi-government-smashes-sinful-statues-of-horses/

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