Q&A: "Are painting and sculptures allowed artforms in Islam?"

http://Naksibendi.us/ * QUESTION: "Could you give a speech about painting and sculptures of humans and animals? I wanted to know what is allowed and what is not. As you know, there are many contradictions in the world and I have seen Islamic art with humans being painted but some scholars say something else." Live Question & Answer session with Lokman Efendi, the khalifah of Shaykh Abdulkerim el Kibris (qs) Osmanli Dergahi - New York