Wednesday, January 13, 2010

"They didn't fit the theme of the current installation"

ARTINFO.com: "The New York Post reports that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has pulled images of the Prophet Mohammed from its galleries devoted to Islamic art and suggests that the move is the latest chapter in the museum’s 'history of dodging criticism.' Some Muslims believe that Islam forbids the delay of such images and have led protests in recent years objecting to their display in cartoons, most infamously in Denmark."