As requested. :-)
Posted on 11/30/2010 3:21:54 PM PST by jazusamo
Complete title: American Muslim Group Calls for ‘Common Decency’ and ‘Mutual Respect’ -- But Not Removal of Exhibition Depicting Ant-Covered Jesus
(CNSNews.com) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it supports “common decency” and “mutual respect,” but CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper stopped short of calling for the removal of an exhibit that features images of an ant-covered Jesus and “homoerotic art” currently at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery
“We don’t want to be in a position of banning art or censoring art,” Hooper told CNSNews.com on Tuesday.
As CNSNews.com reported Monday, the federally funded National Portrait Gallery, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, is currently showing an exhibition that features images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show's catalog as "homoerotic."
“While we’re strong believers in the First Amendment and believers in freedom of speech, we always ask for common decency and mutual respect on issues of these kinds of depictions of revered religious figures – whether it’s the Prophet Muhammad, or as Muslims see, the Prophet Jesus, we would ask that people respect the religious sensitivities of others in these matters,” Hooper said.
When asked, however -- "Should this exhibition continue or should it be cancelled?"-- Hooper did not directly answer.
“Well that’s always a difficult question because, again, we support freedom of expression and we don’t want to be in a position of banning art or censoring art. But it’s just a question of common courtesy and mutual respect, I think. People are free to go to these kinds of exhibits or not, and they are free to donate to these institutions or not -- based on the actions of the institutions,” Hooper told CNSNews.com on Tuesday.
Cue the pic of Mohammad with the bomb in his turban...
“we don’t want to be in a position of banning art or censoring art”
Yeah its just art...
No worries...
Fine put up a Mohammad with ants all over him. Yeah that will go over just fine/s
As requested. :-)
Not only that, the Muzzies would have burned the museum down by now.
Now thats chutzpa.
Why are we importing problems by the thousands?
Liberals hate the country that much.
Yep, and probably with the artist inside.
It can always be tested. Isn’t there a public area right outside of the Smithsonian where someone can stand a life-size image of Mohammed with ants all over him? And distribute small tracts with Ibrahim’s words in support of freedom of expression printed on them.
“we support freedom of expression and we don’t want to be in a position of banning art or censoring art.”
Sure. That’s only when the exhibit trashes Christianity. Anything that trashes the middle eastern death cult will be BANNED.
Yeppers thanks...
thats the one
art for arts sake...
:)
xactly, where is the fecal muck mohammet?
“we don’t want to be in a position of banning art or censoring art’’. “But we’re ok with the whole crashing-planes-into -buildings thing’’.
Please tell me that this is satire and John Semmens wrote this!!!??
Exactly.
I am still waiting for one of these no-talent, pansy-ass liberal “artists” to have the balls to smear a picture of mohammed with feces or put a koran in a jar of urine or something else equally brilliant and edgy.
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