it is enforced by the physical destruction of images, aniconism becomes iconoclasm. Aniconism has historical phases in both Buddhism and Christianity...

also have less stringent views on aniconism. On the individual level, whether or not specific Muslims believe in aniconism will depend on how hadiths related...

schools of thought – aniconism and iconodulism. While some Anglicans (typically of the Low-Church variety) maintain the aniconism of the English Reformation...

empty space (at Sanchi), Buddha's footprints, and the dharma wheel. This aniconism is relation to the image of the Buddha could be in conformity with an...

This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí;...

Aniconism in Judaism is widespread. In Judaism, portrayal of God in any kind of human or concrete form is strictly prohibited. A number of verses in the...

itself was empty. There is no universally accepted explanation for such aniconism, and a number of scholars have argued that Yahweh was in fact represented...

violence and riots in some Muslim countries. Islam has a strong tradition of aniconism, and it is considered highly blasphemous in most Islamic traditions to...

liturgical calendar. Most Christian denominations have not generally practiced aniconism, the avoidance or prohibition of devotional images, even if early Jewish...

stone carvings the Buddha was never depicted as a human figure, due to aniconism in Buddhism. Instead the artists chose to represent him by certain attributes...