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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the Holy Quran Jesus (as) is described as having light/blue eyes and curly fair hair. Middle Eastern people are white- they come in all shades and colors.  if you've spent any time in the middle east you;; see people of all descriptions, having blond/titian colored textured hair and hazel green eyes with a lightly tan complexion is really common. Especially the light brown hair that gets streaked with blond/red in the sun and has texture to it as opposed to completely straight like most indo- europeans.

I'm Pakistani and there are blond blue eyed people in my family and dark brown skinned people with black hair and eyes. We are all of central asian,arab and south asian heritage.

I think  he probably looked like Michael Aloni, he has light brown hair that turns blonde in the sun.Religious scholars say that prophets were born into families that were respected amongst their people b/c it gave them authority and I think that they were probably also attractive since that would help draw people to them and believe in their message as well. I'm sure being charismatic is kind of part of the job description of being prophet and they were wise and kind which always adds grace and is attractive. 
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i think Michael Aloni is pretty attractive, he's a pretty successful actor. .He's also a very typical sort of jewish phenotype, i personally think thats what jesus probably looked like. I think All prophets are supposed to be hot, they aren't supposed to be ugly or even average- its easier to persuade people if you are attractive.

the Holy Prophet Muhammad  saw is described as being medium  height with a wheatish complexion and his father was famous for being very good looking. I'm pretty sure he was attractive as well. I just think that Prophets are supposed to be charismatic so they are probably pretty good looking? The Lord Krishna was so dark that his skin looked blue- also supposed to be incredibly attractive. And yes Krishan and the Buddha and Socrates were probably also non Judaic messengers of God. In the Quran it says that some messengers we have told you about and some we have not but we have sent messengers to all the peoples of the world.  Ive read that Gautam Buddh was also famous for being a beautiful man as a young prince.  The orthodox depictions of Jesus are different than the blonde blue eyed western christian one but are still very beautiful. Especially the eyes and thick curly hair, very good bone structure- only the baby jesus is questionable really ;-)he doesn't get cute until the later renaissance.

Jesus was Jewish so we don't actually know what he looked like but  he is described in the Holy Quran and in Hadith as having curly fair hair , including the ear curls, and light eyes, never married and not fathering any children. I actually wonder why they never show him with those since it would've been strange for him not to have those- it was part of semitic culture to keep the forelocks.  In orthodox depictions he's olive skinned with dark curly hair and limpid black eyes- those would have been the mosaics that Muhammad (saw) saw when he stayed with the carmelite monks outside of damascus so i find it interesting that that isn't how Christ is described in the Holy Quran. Arabs would've been familiar with the orthodox depictions, some of them actually show him as a black man and we know Muslims went to abyssinia  and were exposed to those images, so i just taught it was interesting that the description is different than what arabs hearing the Quran for the first time would've found familiar.   
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