Description The images released by the Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across Northern Iraq and Syria during 2015-16.
Their leaders justified this iconoclasm by arguing that such actions were divinely decreed in Islam, a notion that has remained fixed in the public consciousness.
The Image Debate is a collection of thirteen essays which examine the controversy surrounding the use of images i.
Gingko Library The image debate: figural representation in islam and across the world, hardcover/christiane gruber
