A painting that’s debuting in Sacramento on a Muslim holiday poses the question if Islam is good or evil.
Artist Peter Reynosa said it took him about a month to complete “Good or Evil?” and that the purpose of the painting is for viewers to participate in critical thinking about religion.
Reynosa said the piece raises the question of Islam in particular because of Western clashes in the Middle East.
A small crowd gathered outside the library on the Sacramento State campus on Tuesday to see the painting.
Tuesday is the holiday Mawlid an-Nabi, the celebration of the birth of Islam’s prophet, Mohammad.
Reynosa is an unemployed artist from Yuba City.
See also Appeal-Democrat, 15 February 2011