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More and more
stories of Muslims being targeted, discriminated, insulted and treated like an
animal. Yet rarely we heard about this in the mainstream
media!!
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From: "Assalamu Aleikum"
Subject:
STOCKHOLM MUSEUM REMOVES OBSCENE INSULT TO HOLY QURAN > > Museum removes erotic art after Muslim anger > Reuters via Swiss Info > Thursday February 3, 2005 > http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5512013 > > STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish museum dedicated to > world culture has removed an erotic painting plastered > with verses from the Muslim holy book, the Koran, from > an exhibition about AIDS after Muslims complained it > was obscene. > > Jette Sandahl, director of the World Culture Museum, > which opened in Gothenburg a month ago, said on > Wednesday that the painting by an Arab artist living > in France was replaced by another less offensive one. > > Sweden is home to 400,000 Muslims. The row over artist > Louzla Darabi's painting comes amid tensions in Europe > about a perceived increase in Islamic militancy since > a Dutch filmmaker critical of Islam was murdered in > the Netherlands late last year. > > Sandahl told Reuters that most of the hundreds of > e-mails and letters sent were "respectful and polite > but some were more aggressive." > > "It was the combination of the image and text from the > Koran which was problematic," she added. > > Darabi told Gothenburg Channel 4 television that her > work was not meant "offend anyone but to stress the > link between love and God symbolised by the Koran's > text". > > Sandahl said the painting was removed to prevent > public attention shifting from the exhibition's main > message about AIDS and globalisation. > > http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5512013 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of Hidayahnet unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from Hidayahnet, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links
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