>>3173186Middle-Eastern guy here. You are right, but to further specify: You can't draw living beings that have a soul. That explains why there is lots of shitty landscape art here and it also explains the decent ornaments used in mosques. Artists are regarded lower than thieves and rapists, so it is not only looked down upon, but also punished in very fundamentalists areas. Mostly it is just prevented from early childhood. There is a reason why we don't have national museums filled with awesome paintings. Here and there you can find some exceptions to the rule, art seems to find its way anyways, but it's rare. I just hope they leave the European museums alone, that's my worst fear.
>inb4 Westerners disagree and pretend to know shit about Islam 
