Posted on 12/10/2007 4:53:34 AM PST by drzz
Iranian born artist Sooreh Hera, is decided to expose the hypocrisy regarding homosexuality and Islam. She says it is frequent that married muslim men have sexual relations with other men (she mentions specifically Iran and Saudi Arabia). If you check out her pictures you’ll see that homosexuality is a major part of her work. When she invited two Iranian men to pose they asked to wear a mask in order not to be recognized. The masks she chose were the ones you see in the pictures below: Muhammed and his son-in-law Ali. She was going to be at The Hague Municipal Museum but she was denied because her exposition “could offend certain groups”.
The city museum of The Hague has decided not to include in an exhibition a work of art that may offend Muslims, it was reported on Monday.
The picture, made by Iranian artist Sooreh Hera, is entitled Adam and Ewald and shows two gay men wearing masks of the Muslim prophet Mohammed and his son-in-law Ali.
It is part of a photoseries the Gemeentemuseum has included in the 7up exhibition due to open on December 15.
The Gemeentemuseum’s director Wim van Krimpen told reporters the museum is interested in purchasing Hera’s complete series, which he called “high quality works of art”. However, he added he will not exhibit Adam and Ewald in the next few years because “certain people in our society might perceive it as offensive”. Hera responded she was “disappointed” and added “apparently a Muslim minority decides what will be on display in the museum”. Liberal-rightist Freedom Party (PVV) leader Geert Wilders, condemned the museum’s decision, adding it was “based on fear”. Wilders has requested a reaction on the matter from Education and Culture minister Ronald Plasterk. Meanwhile Siebe Weide, director of the Museum Association, told reporters “all Dutch museums are free to choose what they exhibit and what not”.
OK - this will make the libs head explode. Do they side with the “don’t offend Islam” mob, or the free expression “homosexual art” crowd?
They will side with muslims, because above all, Dems are COWARDS
“could offend certain groups”.
TRANSLATION: We don’t want to get blown up for displaying this.
Ooh this IS a toughy! Those libs interviewed about this on TV, if in fact any of the shows decide they can run this story, will have to resort to that old standby answer to what they can't face: "well i haven't seen the painting in person, myself, so i really can't comment...."
Is it just me or does that guy in the second picture look like Michael Jackson?
There is a simple method of always determining what a lib will do. First pick what the best thing to do would be. Then determine what the exact opposite of that would be, and you have your answer. It works like a charm.
Dutch gays in Holland are now voting for the far-right by fear of muslims.
I’m just laughing about the headline : Displayed like a gay.
A gay!!!
I don’t think you can find something more outrageous for muslims than showing Muhammad as a gay.
Even saying “Muhammad was jewish” is not that outrageous.
Let a couple of weeks before the whole muslim world becomes crazy.
Well I suppose she could have portrayed him as a syphillis-suffering, hallucinating bloodthirsty pedophile madman, but I think it’s a lot harder to convey all that on canvas...
Mohammed having sex with a pig.
There, I topped ya.
Even better: Mohammed having sex with a pig, then eating the pig.
A male underaged pig
It’s not the outrageousness thats funny its just that the headline says “a gay” which is just a weird way of putting it.
If it said “a homo” or even “a fag” it wouldn’t be as funny.
This is some funny sh-t...
As I said on that other "islam vs. homosexuality in the Netherlands" thread, get the popcorn!
in drag.
But I’m sure they’ll have no problem showing a crucifix in a jar of urine.
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