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  • Painting removed after Muslim complaints, threats

    02/05/2005 5:02:05 PM PST · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 38 replies · 3,292+ views
    Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 4, 2005 | AP
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden-- A painting depicting a couple making love while covered in Quranic verses was removed from a Swedish museum this week after hundreds of complaints, some threatening, from Muslims who found it offensive, officials said Thursday. The painting, "Scene d'Amour," by Louzla Darabi, was removed Monday from an exhibit about AIDS at the World Culture Museum in Goteborg in southern Sweden. More than 400,000 of Sweden's 9 million residents are Muslim, and the museum received some 700 complaints about the painting, including some that were threatening. Museum director Jette Sandahl said the painting was removed because it was detracting...