Posted on 27/11/02
Down with beauty? Only when it's ugly
A sign held up in the initial stages of the demonstrations in Kaduna, Nigeria, read "Down with beauty." A strange message from protestors so proud of Islam, a religion and culture that cultivates the aesthetic in almost every aspect of life, that covers everyday surfaces from marble floors to brass hookahs with meticulously detailed ornament, that has created some of the most beautiful buildings and art in human history. Beauty itself is obviously not the issue here: It's a particularly Western kind of beauty, which many don't find beautiful at all.
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