File: Muhammad and "shameless women" in Hell.jpg

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English: A Persian depiction of Muhammad visiting Hell during the Isra and Mi'raj (Night Journey) and seeing a demon punishing "shameless women" who had exposed their hair to strangers. For this crime of inciting lust in men, the women are strung up by their hair and burned for eternity. Muhammad is depicted riding Buraq and being accompanied by Gabriel.

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15^th century

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http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/islamic_mo_full/

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:54, 7 February 2008		504 × 417 (70 KB)	wikimediacommons>Sswelm	== Summary == A picture of the prophet Mohammed, along with Buraq and Gabriel, visits Hell, and see a demon punishing "shameless women" who had exposed their hair to strangers. For this crime of inciting lust in men, the women are strung up by their hair

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