An Image Judged Blasphemous This work was considered blasphemous because of several major symbolic transgressions linked to the sacred. The woman depicted is seated on a Qur’an stand (rehal), an object exclusively intended to support the holy book: physically taking the place of the sacred text was perceived as an act of profanation. Around her, religious manuscripts are scattered on the floor, reinforcing the idea of disrespect toward knowledge and the divine word. An even more troubling gestur