Posted on 07/27/2007 4:52:28 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird
NEW YORK, July 26, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Charles Merrill, the artist who recently edited the Holy Bible with a black marker and pair of scissors, has lately burned a rare Islamic Holy Book, The Koran, valued at $60,000.00, in an undisclosed Chicago location. "The purpose of editing and burning Abrahamic Holy Books is to eliminate homophobic hate," Merrill stated. "Both ancient books are terrorist manuals."
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"Airplanes are flown into buildings because of words, and hate crimes against gays," Merrill said.
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I have no problem with him destroying a 60k book if he bought it. It is stupid however. And I always am amused by people who do stuff like this being classified as “artists”
SEND THE PACE UNIVERSITY POLICE HURRRRREEEEEE!!!!
Old Mohammad had a farm, e-i-e-i-o. And on his farm he had a fatwa, e-i-e-i-o. A fatwa here, a fatwa there, here a fatwa...
Old Mohammad had a farm e-i-e-i-o.
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Weird. I was almost sure that he was going to get praised here. Quite a lot of people on FR are for desecrating and destroying Korans.
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