Aisha’s Cushion

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Aisha’s Cushion is written by Jamal J. Elias and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674070666 (ISBN 10) and 9780674070660 (ISBN 13).

Westerners have a strong impression that Islam does not allow religious imagery. Elias corrects this view. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, he argues that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought in diverse areas such as optics, alchemy, dreaming, vehicle decoration, Sufi metaphysics.