Artist Sooreh Hera: Censorship, Fear of Fundamentalists

This image is from Iranian artist Sooreh Hera.

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Her work is banned from showing at the muncipal museum of The Hague out of fear of offending anyone. Hmm, I wonder who that could be? Senator Larry Craig?

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No, I think here they are afraid of offending people who get easily offended by children naming a teddy bear Mohammed.

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Then this same group of people probably won't think too kindly about Sooreh Hera's work titled Adam and Ewald, a photo of two gay men wearing masks that depict Mohammed and his son-in-law Ali.

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For further info, this blog has a lot of coverage and links:
http://sugiero.blogspot.com/2007/12/sooreh-hera-depicts-muhammed-as.html

Here's the artist's website: http://soorehhera.com/

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I really can't stand self-censorship. What do you think?