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UPDATE: TEDDY BEAR TEACHER MOVED FOR HER OWN SAFETY

Just a brief update on the Gillian Gibbons travesty - she has been secretly moved for her own protection:

"In response to the demonstration, teacher Gillian Gibbons was moved from the women's prison near Khartoum to a secret location for her safety, her lawyer said."

as per Foxnews.com

Why not "move her" back to Britain?

Angry Sudanese protesters hold a newspaper carrying a photo of British teacher Gillian Gibbons, during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, after Friday prayers, Friday Nov. 30, 2007, The protestors called for the execution of Gibbons, who was convicted of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad. (AP Photos/Abd Raouf)

This picture shows a veritably cheery Sudanese man smiling at the thought of the Teddy Bear teacher's execution.

I wonder how much British & other non-Islamic countries money has filled his stomach and pockets.....

KNIFE WEILDING MUSLIMS RIOT & DEMAND TEDDY BEAR TEACHERS DEATH

As Teddy Bear Teacher, Gillian Gibbons, begins her 15 day sentence for naming a stuffed animal Mohammed -  thousands of knife wielding fanatics have taken to the streets of Khartoum and demand her execution.

Apparently the Sudanese people have a short memories of the millions of dollars of aid and food sent to the country from Britain. --"The UK spent £76 million in total on humanitarian aid in Sudan, covering a range of interventions in food, water, health and shelter. We have committed £63 million for 2006, £49 million of which was provided through a common fund."--

Just another example of the insanity of Islam and its typical display of blood thirsty behaviors.  Such vicious demonstrations have become the norm for muslims throughout the world. See a more examples here, here, here, here and here - far too many examples to list in total.

Of course CAIR and other such organizations would tell us- we are the problem and are "Islamophobic"

Now how can they rationalize that a inanimate teddy bear and an elementary school teacher pose a "threat" to Islam??

PURE INSANITY??? ------No -- PURE ISLAM...

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Thousands of Islamic fanatics wielding knives demand jailed teddy bear teacher is executed

Thousands of Islamic fanatics wielding clubs and knives are marching through the streets of Khartoum demanding the execution of teddy bear teacher Gillian Gibbons.

As the mother-of-two started a 15-day prison term, protestors left mosques across the Sudanese capital to denounce the "lenient verdict" and call for the death penalty.

The mob descended on Matyrs Square, which is in front of the presidential palace, many arriving in pick-up trucks with loudspeakers blaring messages condemning Miss Gibbons.

Hundreds of riot police had been deployed but they made no attempt to disrupt the rally.

"Shame, shame on the U.K.," protesters chanted," as they called for Gibbons' execution, saying, "No tolerance: Execution," and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad."

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BROKEBACK OSAMA

Once again the specter of Osama Bin Laden rears his ugly head and decides to issue another dictate to the world - or in this latest case - the European people.

Seems Osama wants the European people to force their governments to ditch the USA led coalition in Afghanistan and remove their troops from the country that spent years enslaved by  Taliban terrorists

Osama seems to be suffering from amnesia at best and bold faced lying at worst since he originally vehemently denied being responsible for 9/11 attacks and in doing so he also directed the world to his location where? - why in AFGHANISTAN:

"I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," bin Laden's statement said. I have been living in the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan and following its leaders' rules. The current leader does not allow me to exercise such operations," bin Laden said. "

Of course Osama bin Laden/Al Qaeda was behind 9/11 and he decided to officially & publicly "fess up" back in the Fall of 2004 during another "pre recorded message".

In today's statement, the Al Qaeda chief repeats his full responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and tries to distance himself from Afghanistan. He taunts European leaders with being "subordinate" to Washington by staying in Afghanistan and has the nerve to accuse the Western countries which took part in the Afghan war of "flouting war ethics, accusing them of targeting women and children in their air strikes and other attacks."

Osama has much difficulty telling the truth but we do not have any difficulty in placing the responsibility for the deaths of thousands of people, around the world, on him.

Thus the hunt for the murdering Al-Qaeda leader will go on and the coalition of troops will remain in Afghanistan.

To use the famous line from the 2005 Oscar winning movie Brokeback Mountain -

We "just can't quit you" Osama.

And we WILL find you.

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BIN LADEN URGES EUROPEANS TO QUIT AFGHANISTAN

DUBAI (AFP) - - Osama bin Laden urged Europeans to break ranks with the United States and quit Afghanistan, while stressing he alone was behind the 9/11 attacks, in a tape attributed to him on Al-Jazeera television on Thursday

The United States "insisted on invading" Afghanistan even though it knew that the Afghans were not behind the 2001 attacks, and "Europe walked behind it," the voice purported to be that of the Al-Qaeda chief said in a "message to the European peoples."

"It would be better for you if you (restrained) your politicians who flock to the White House and worked actively to end the wrong done to the oppressed," he said in the audiotape.

"I am responsible" for the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, the speaker said.

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera aired a head shot of a smiling bin Laden wearing a white headdress of the type used by Muslim fundamentalist clerics.

"The truth, as I said before, is that the Manhattan events were in retaliation for the killing of our kinfolk in Palestine and Lebanon by the US-Israeli alliance and that I am responsible for them," the voice said.

"I affirm that the Afghans -- government and people -- had no knowledge whatsoever of these events and America knows that," since it captured and interrogated some ministers from the Islamist militant Taliban movement, which was ousted from power by a 2001 US invasion.

By following in the footsteps of the US in Afghanistan, Europe could only be a "subordinate" to Washington, as attested to by the fact that "you entered this war and US soldiers were exempted from accountability in European courts."

"That is why my message is addressed to you, not to your politicians," said the typically soft-spoken voice thought to be that of the world's most wanted man.

The voice claimed that US influence was waning, saying US forces will go back home and "leave neighbours to settle scores."

The speaker accused countries which took part in the Afghan war of flouting war ethics, accusing them of targeting women and children in their air strikes and other attacks.

"You know that our women don't fight, but you deliberately target them even during weddings in an attempt to break the morale of the mujahedeen," the voice said.

The United States promptly dismissed the message, saying it was "not a new tactic" and European commitment to Kabul was strong.

"Not a new tactic," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when asked to comment whether Al-Qaeda might be trying to split the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.

"I think our NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) allies understand quite clearly what is at stake here," he said.

In his last message on October 22, bin Laden called in an audiotape on leaders of the insurgency in Iraq to bury their rivalries and unite in a common fight against the US-led coalition.

In September, a bin Laden video was released to coincide with the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.

In October 2003, bin Laden warned of suicide bombings against European countries with troops in the US-led coalition in Iraq.

But in an audiotape broadcast on April 15, 2004, he offered "a reconciliation initiative ... to stop operations against all (European) countries if they promise not to be aggressive towards Muslims."

Despite a massive manhunt and a 25-million-dollar bounty on his head, bin Laden has evaded capture and has regularly taunted the United States and its allies through warnings issued on video and audio cassettes.

TEACHER FOUND GUILTY OF TEDDY BEAR BLASPHEMY

Despite clear evidence to the contrary a Sudanese court has found teacher Gillian Gibbons GUILTY "of inciting religious hatred for allowing her class of 7-year-olds to name a teddy bear Muhammad" and sentenced her 15 days behind bars in jail but the court did "spare the rod" and chose not to give the Liverpool England native 40 lashes.

So there you have it - teddy bears insult Islam - but not nearly as much as the muslims do.

UPDATE: Mohammed bear for sale on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270192422059

Teddy bear teacher found guilty

DAILY NEWS STAFF

Thursday, November 29th 2007, 1:40 PM

Gillian Gibbons, a teacher from Liverpool, England, asked her 7-year-old students to vote on a name for a teddy bear. They chose "Muhammad."

A British teacher was found guilty Thursday of inciting religious hatred for allowing her class of 7-year-olds to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, could have been sentenced to 40 lashes or six months in jail. But the Sudanese court instead ordered her to serve 15 days behind bars.

“The judge found Gillian Gibbons guilty and sentenced her to 15 days jail and deportation,” said Ali Mohammed Hajab, a member of her defense team.

Gibbons, from Liverpool in northern England, was arrested after some parents complained that she had allowed her class of 7-year-olds at the Unity School to name a teddy bear Muhammad. It is the most popular boy's name in predominantly Muslim Sudan, but some believe using the prophet's name for an inanimate object is idolatry.

School officials have said Gibbons would never intentionally insult Islam and that the children themselves chose the stuffed toy's name. One little boy said he suggested the name Muhammad because he wanted the bear to be called after himself.

The school has closed until January for fear of reprisals. And riot police surrounded the Khartoum courthouse as Gibbons, wearing a dark blue jacket and blue dress, was brought to trial Thursday morning.

The proceedings were closed to the public and the press.

The case has raised tensions between Sudan and Britain, the African nation's colonial ruler.

Before the verdict was reached,  British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he had told the Sudanese ambassador he was "very concerned" about Gibbons.

"We believe this was an innocent misunderstanding," Miliband said.

With News Wire Services

TEDDY BEAR TEACHER GETS THREATS OF DEATH & KIDNAPPING

This is a follow up to my previous post NAMING TEDDY BEAR -MOHAMMED- GETS BRITISH WOMAN ARRESTED

The saga continues of the 54 year old British teacher who is currently jailed in Sudan for allowing her class of 7 year old students to name a teddy bear - Mohammed. Now Gillian Gibbons not only faces a possible sentence of 40 lashes and a year in jail but also typical threats of death and kidnapping from angry muslims.

Since Ms. Gibbons arrest there has been a tsunami of hate and death threats lobbed at her by Islamists. It is obvious that the real people that are "inciting hatred and insulting religion" are these followers of the so called "Religion of Peace"

Teddy bear teacher appears in court as Islamic fanatics demand execution

African dream: Mrs Gibbons pictured soon after arriving in Sudan

A major security operation was under way today as a British teacher charged with inciting hatred and insulting religion was brought before a court in Sudan.

Trucks protected by armed police transported Gillian Gibbons from her cell at the CID headquarters in Khartoum where she had been kept in custody following her arrest on Sunday for allowing pupils to name a school teddy bear Mohammed.

Security was also tight at the city's court building as fears that extremists might stage a kidnap attempt ran high.

Mrs Gibbons, looking tired and distressed and wearing a dark blue jacket and blue dress, was not handcuffed.

Before the hearing began the public and press were cleared from the court room but only moments later the case was adjourned for two hours.

The prosecutor-general said Mrs Gibbons, whose case has drawn international condemnation, can expect a swift and fair trial under Sudanese law. (LOL)

Mrs Gibbons faces 40 lashes and a year in jail after after being charged with insulting Islam.

She was charged after behind-the-scenes political moves to avoid a court case collapsed amid growing Islamic anger in the east African country.

A Sudanese official said it was "unlikely" that Mrs Gibbons would be convicted.

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AUSSIES ANSWER TO PROPOSED MADRASSA - WHEN PIG'S FLY

Look's like the Australians are showing their "strong" opposition to yet another proposed building of a madrassa in Sydney. It is no wonder that the Australians would resort to such tangible dissension as their politicians refuse to listen to the people preferring instead to pander to Muslims. This type of political and bureaucratic dhimmitude is not exclusive to Australia with the UK, Europe and even the USA guilty of bending over backwards to appease muslims.

There are other instances & suggestions of pigs being used to combat Islamic causes see more here as well as in Italy,  Texas - USA and Copenhagen.

The significance of the Australian flag draped between the staked pig's head shows that many Australians are drawing the line to increased Islamisation of their country. Australia is not and will not be under Sharia Law.  The symbolism is clear - the Australians answer to the request to build more Islamic schools - "When pig's fly".

Pigs' heads dumped at site of proposed Islamic school

TWO pigs' heads have been dumped at the controversial site of a proposed Islamic school in Sydney's southwest.

The pigs' heads, planted on wooden stakes on the Camden site, with the Australian flag draped between them, are believed to be in protest of the Muslim school proposal.

The proposed school, for up to Muslim 1200 students on 15ha and wedged between market gardens and pastures, has been highly controversial.

A public meeting held in Camden earlier this month attracted more than 2000 people opposed to the development.

The local council also received several thousand written objections during the planning approval process.

The chairman of the Community Relations Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian, said today's "outrage" revealed what lay behind the opposition to the school.

"This insult and display of hatred is not something any fair-minded Australian would approve of," Mr Kerkyasharian said.

"The obsessive hatred of the mindless bigots who perpetrated this outrage is evidenced by their total disrespect of the ultimate symbol of our national pride, the Australian flag.

"Every Australian Muslim would be offended by such a display, especially one involving the Australian flag."

Mr Kerkyasharian said local residents with legitimate concerns about the impact of the development should condemn the action.

Camden Mayor Chris Patterson said the offensive protest was futile.

"The council will only and can only assess this DA (development application) on planning grounds, nothing else," Mr Patterson said on Macquarie radio.

"Anything like that which happened last night is not acceptable and will not influence council's decision."

The CRC has offered the council its assistance in resolving the community tension.

NAMING TEDDY BEAR -MOHAMMED- GETS BRITISH WOMAN ARRESTED

There is probably no toy worldwide that is more innocent than a cute cuddly Teddy Bear. But not to muslims. As part of a class project a British teacher's Sudanese class of young students named the stuffed tyke - Mohammed-and now the muslims officials in Sudan are outraged and see this as an insult to their Prophet and have arrested the teacher, 54 yr. old Gillian Gibbons, under "insult to faith and religion". She may even face 40 lashes for her "blasphemy".

The fact is that, due to the large numbers of muslims in the UK, Mohammed recently became the second most popular baby name in Great Britain. Thus it is no surprise that in a muslim country the students chose the name.

But even more interesting is that our furry inanimate pals happen to be named after one of the United States most popular Presidents. - President Theodore Roosevelt, nickname Teddy. This was done after a cartoon appeared in the newspaper retelling the story of how, on one of Roosevelt's famous hunting trips, he refused to shoot a bear tied to a tree. He considered to do so unsportmanlike.----"This cartoon sparked the imagination of the country and of a shopkeeper in Brooklyn, New York. The shopkeeper, Morris Michtom, asked his wife, Rose, to make two plush stuffed bears for display in his shop's window." Thus the Teddy Bear was "born". Comments continue below cartoon.......

But we can ALWAYS count on the muslims to consider any remote incident as an "insult to Islam". Perhaps this can be another round peg squeezed into the square hole of Islamophobia. One can imagine seeing Teddy Bears swinging from poles - hanging in effigy - while angry muslims riot in the street. The Sudanese government should learn some "sportmanship" (and rationality) from Teddy Roosevelt and stop this ridiculous arrest and prosecution of Gillian Gibbons.

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Briton arrested in Sudan over teddy named Mohammed

By Sally Peck and agencies

Last Updated: 1:14pm GMT 26/11/2007

A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for allowing her seven-year-old students to name a teddy bear Mohammed, the British Embassy said. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was detained yesterday on suspicion of insulting the Prophet Mohammed. Mrs Gibbons let her class at Unity High School in central Khartoum choose the name for the stuffed toy as part of a school project.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a British national was arrested by police in Sudan yesterday.

"We are providing consular assistance."

A spokesman for the British Embassy in Khartoum said: "The children chose the name because it is very common here.

"This happened in September and the parents did not have a problem with it.

"We are in contact with the authorities here and they have visited the teacher and she is in a good condition."

The website for the Sudanese Media Centre, which has close ties with the country's government, reported that Mrs Gibbons could be prosecuted under "faith and religions" legislation.

It states: "Khartoum attorney office opens a claim under article 125 of the criminal law (insult of faith and religions) against a British national female teacher named Julian (sic) working for unruly school in Khartoum.

"Head of the attorney offices Mutusim Abdallah told (SMC) that legal arrangements are under way to issue warrant of arrest against the suspect upon a complaint presented by the ministry of education.

"Abdallah said the suspect teacher printed the name of Prophet Mohammed PBUH on a doll in a shape of bear.

"Then she wrote letters to student guardians telling them that they should receive a doll on which the name Mohammed is printed.

"However this event was met with wide condemnation by guardians of the students."

MUSLIM NIECES BEHEAD AUNT & UNCLE BECAUSE HE WORE WESTERN TROUSERS

Here is one of the latest examples of Islamic values  that are adhered to by many muslims - particularly the Islamic military terrorist group Al Qaeda.

Al Qaeda, along with other muslim sects, believe in strict adherence to Islamic Fundamentalism. Thus they hate everything and everyone who does not adhere to Sharia law - particularly Western countries and cultures - and sees this/them as cause for their murder and destruction - with 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings as just two of thousands of examples.

The "Religion of Peace" even turns nieces against their uncle and aunt as told below - these are yet more horrific murders to add to the ever growing list of muslim atrocities- all done in the name of Allah. For a more complete representation of the violence and death caused by Islam please go here.

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Iraq: Sisters behead uncle and aunt in front of their children - because he wore Western-style trousers

Last updated at 17:56pm on 23rd November 2007

An Iraqi couple were beheaded in front of their children by their cousins because the man wore Western-style trousers.

Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple's children to watch, according to Iraqi police.

The killing came because the school guard Youssef al-Hayali was considered an infidel because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers.

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Brutal: Extremist groups have often beheaded captives, including American businessman Nick Berg seen here

The militants, later arrested in Diyala province northwest of Baghdad, killed Hayali and his wife Zeinab Kamel at the all-boys school in Jalawlah.

Sunni Arab communities across Iraq have been turning against al Qaeda because of its indiscriminate killings and strict interpretation of Islam, which includes a ban on smoking in public and forcing schoolgirls to wear veils.

Sunni Arab tribal sheikhs have been organising their young men into neighbourhood police units to drive out al Qaeda, a practice which U.S. and Iraqi officials say has helped bring down violence levels across Iraq.

The U.S. military said earlier in November that it was sending 3,000 soldiers home from the province but added that the overall number of forces in the province would not decrease.

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Chaos: The situation in Iraq is still volatile

The United States poured an extra 30,000 troops into Iraq from mid-February in a bid to stop the country from sliding into civil war.

U.S. and Iraqi officials say the troop "surge" and more efficient Iraqi security forces have also helped bring about sharp falls in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian casualties in the past two months.

COMPLAINING MUSLIM AIRPORT SCREENER GETS BETTER JOB

UPDATE TO PRIOR POST ----------------------------Please see below post - LET'S NOT SKIRT THE ISSUE"

This is yet another instance of muslims achieving their goals of systematically Islamicizing a Western country. Bit by bit their customs are being inserted into our lives as companies and politicians continue to placate muslims at nearly every turn.

Muslims learn quickly that any moaning or complaints bring them rewards and our spineless bureaucrats prefer to lay down rather than stand up for our Western culture.

What is also happening is younger muslims children are learning from the adults that complaints bring lots of positive attention and support - even if their complaints are bogus. Here is a Tampa FL, USA incident where a young muslim schoolgirl said she was being teased and harassed over her hijab - CAIR immediately came to her assistance and made loud claims of Islamophobia - her claims of abuse are unsubstatiated but you can be sure that the story will be spun, as with muslims adults, that she is still the victim- read story here

Suspended Muslim airport screener offered new job

The Canadian Press

November 22, 2007 at 6:03 AM EST

TORONTO — A compromise has been reached in the case of a Muslim woman suspended from her job at Pearson International Airport because of the length of her skirt.

Halima Muse was suspended in August from her job as a screener with a security firm for wearing a skirt longer than the knee-length one supplied with her uniform.

The Teamsters union says Garda has agreed to offer the 33-year-old woman a full-time administrative job in civilian attire at her previous salary and give her full back pay for the time she was suspended.

The union said Ms. Muse will remain in the new position until the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority completes a review of the uniform policy.

Ms. Muse, a practising Muslim, wanted to conform with the Islamic dress code that requires clothes to cover all of the body except the face, hands and feet.

The Teamsters and the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday that they filed a religious discrimination complaint on her behalf.

BRITISH ARTISTS PAINT A SCARY PICTURE

This is one of the scariest articles I have ever read. It perfectly exemplifies the gross deleterious effects that Islam has had on the freedom of speech, not only in Britain, but throughout the Western free world.

Artists have for generations been at the forefront of freedom of speech - often pushing the envelope to the extremes but nevertheless giving us all a concrete assurity that even the "shouldn't be spoken or shown" CAN be in our democratic cultures. Others religions such as Christianity or Judaism may have denounced certain artistic endeavors but rarely impeded them or caused any artist to self censor - certainly no artist ever felt under physical threat.

Now through systematic and concerted covert and overt violence muslims have cowered those amongst us who should be the most free in their thoughts and talents. The fact that this previously unthinkable artistic self censorship is occurring should send shivers up the spines of all who live in the free world. It is high time that we all step forward and stop the shackles of Islam from further damaging our culture, our psyche and our lives.

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November 19, 2007

Artists too frightened to tackle radical Islam

Ben Hoyle, Arts Reporter

Britain’s contemporary artists are fêted around the world for their willingness to shock but fear is preventing them from tackling Islamic fundamentalism. Grayson Perry, the cross-dressing potter, Turner Prize winner and former Times columnist, said that he had consciously avoided commenting on radical Islam in his otherwise highly provocative body of work because of the threat of reprisals.

Perry also believes that many of his fellow visual artists have also ducked the issue, and one leading British gallery director told The Times that few major venues would be prepared to show potentially inflammatory works.

“I’ve censored myself,” Perry said at a discussion on art and politics organised by the Art Fund. “The reason I haven’t gone all out attacking Islamism in my art is because I feel real fear that someone will slit my throat.”

Perry’s highly decorated pots can sell for more than £50,000 and often feature sex, violence and childhood motifs. One work depicted a teddy bear being born from a penis as the Virgin Mary. “I’m interested in religion and I’ve made a lot of pieces about it,” he said. “With other targets you’ve got a better idea of who they are but Islamism is very amorphous. You don’t know what the threshold is. Even what seems an innocuous image might trigger off a really violent reaction so I just play safe all the time.”

The fate of Theo van Gogh, the Dutch film-maker who was murdered by a Muslim extremist in 2004 after he made a film portraying violence against women in Islamic societies, is the most chilling example of what can happen to an artist who is perceived to have offended Islam. Perry said that he had also been scared by the reaction across the Islamic world to Danish cartoons deemed anti-Muslim in 2006 and by the protests against Salman Rushdie’s knighthood this year.

Across Europe there is growing evidence that freedom of expression has been curtailed by fear of religious fundamentalism. Robert Redeker, a French philosophy teacher, is in hiding after calling the Koran a “book of extraordinary violence” in Le Figaro in 2006; Spanish villages near Valencia have abandoned a centuries-old tradition of burning effigies of Muhammad to mark the reconquest of Spain, against the Moors; and an opera house in Berlin banned a production of Mozart’s Idomeneo because it depicted the beheading of Muhammad (as well as Jesus and other spiritual leaders).

In Britain the most high-profile examples have also been seen in the theatre, with the campaign by Christian fundamentalists against Jerry Springer: the Opera and the protests in Birmingham that forced the closure of Bezhti, a play about rape and murder in a Sikh temple.

Tim Marlow, director of exhibitions at White Cube, the London gallery, welcomed Perry’s admission. “It’s something that’s there but very few people have explicitly admitted. Institutions, museums and galleries are probably doing most of the censorship. I would be lying if I said of course we would show something like the Danish cartoons. I think there are genuine reasons for concern. Fundamentalism is a really complex issue and one of the things artists can do is to help us through that complexity. Whether or not it’s their responsibility to do that I’m not sure though.”