CHRISTIANITY
An edict issued by the Council of Northumberland in 787 makes it clear that the Fathers of Church distinguished between profane tattoos and Christian tattoos. They wrote: "When an individual undergoes the ordeal of tattooing for the sake of God, he is greatly praised. But one who submits himself to be tattooed for superstitious reasons in the manner of the heathens will derive no benefit there from." The heathen tattooing referred to by the Council was the traditional tattooing of the native Britons, which was still practiced at the time(Vanishingtattoo.com, 2017).
St. Basil the Great who banned tattooing in the 4th century AD
Woodblock print of tattoo design from Carswell's 1958 book Coptic Tattoo Designs
Coptic design at left and two Jerusalem Cross designs
Coptic Christian woman with traditional tattoos
Above two images are early Bosnian Catholic women with tattoos on arms and chest
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JUDAISM
There is a passage in the Old Testament that prohibits tattooing and scarification. In the King James translation, Leviticus 19:28 states: "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you." Other historical records and biblical passages indicate that ancient Hebrews practiced religious tattooing.
As evidence of tattooing among Semites, Scutt and Gotch report that the sun god Baal required his worshipers to mark their hands with "divine tokens in a mystic attempt to acquire strength.(En.wikipedia.org, 2017)"
Ancient Semitic God Baal
Famous Jewish American NFL player Igor Olshansky has many tattoos, including two Stars of David on his neck. He is regularly featured in Jewish news publications.
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ISLAM
Several Sunni Muslim scholars believe tattooing is a sin because it involves changing the creation of God.There is, however, difference of scholarly Sunni Muslim opinion as to the reason why tattoos are forbidden(En.wikipedia.org, 2017).
Sunni
Shia
Shia scholars such as Ayatollahs Ali al-Sistani and Ali Khamenei believe there are no authoritative (sunnah) Shia prohibitions on tattoos.Main Shia argument is that tattooing occurs under the skin, not on it, hence no change to the creation of God occurs(En.wikipedia.org, 2017).
Woman applying ahenna temporary tattoo inMorocco. Permanent tattoos are generally not allowed in Sunni Islam, but are permissible in Shia Islam.
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