Danish exhibit portraying Paris & Brussels attackers as ‘martyrs’ reported to police

RT.com ^ | 5/3/16

[StCloudMoose]

An art group in Copenhagen decided to hold an exhibit dedicated to history’s martyrs. But alongside the likes of Joan of Arc and Socrates visitors will also find the Paris and Brussels attackers, something that got the group reported to the police. Ida Grarup Nielsen, who leads the artist collective The Other Eye of The Tiger, sees the theme of martyrs as encompassing persons on any side of history who were willing to die for their cause. The installation to take place May 26 – March 10 at Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District will be fashioned into a museum in the vein of Tehran’s Martyrs’ Museum. An interactive show of sorts will take place, including imagery and sound, as well as replicas of objects associated with a given figure.

For Ibrahim and Khalid el-Bakraoui, who devastated Brussels on March 22, the exhibit will include a black leather glove believed to have been worn by Ibrahim to conceal a bomb detonator.

A part of the exhibit will be devoted to Foued Mohamed-Aggad, who blew himself up in front of the Bataclan music venue in Paris.

“A guide will talk about Foued Mohamed-Aggad and the events at the Bataclan, during which the room will also be (filled) with sound and light,” Nielsen told AFP. The story would be told “more from his point of view.”

The Barkraoui brothers will get a slightly smaller expose, with items and images, but no tour.

[BenLurkin]

Facepalm

[Talisker]

Is this “art group” willing to die for their cause?

Put the question to them under... realistic... circumstances, and I’ll bet these smug bastards come up with a more nuanced definition of martyr real fast.