Here are
some pictures from Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The building was
constructed in Byzantine times as an Orthodox church, became a mosque
in the Ottoman era, now it is a museum. The Muslims don't believe in
hanging images in mosques but they can hang pictures with
calligraphy, properly framed, as pictures should be. This is what we
see in Hagia Sophia, huge pictures in exquisite calligraphy in Arabic
thuluth style. This was the style that was considered right for
monumental inscription at the time of Ottomans.
