I don't think it's the eating that bothers them, but the shitting that's the problem...
Spanish Artist Receives Threats After Eating Koran
Spanish Artist Receives Threats After Eating Koran
by Cheradenine Zakalwe
1/22/13
The Navarran artist Abel Azcona, international exponent of performance art, is receiving threats because of his work "Eating a Koran", in which he eats pages from the book sacred to Muslims.
The piece forms part of an invetigation project initiated during a residency on the topic of religious fundamentalism and the need to "nourish ourselves with fiction, lies and fear". Specifically, this project consists of an installation, a performance and a video work, in which the artist eats a copy of the Koran over eight hours as a critique of religious radicalism. "I believe in freedom of expression, provocation and artistic freedom, and I will certainly continue doing so today, tomorrow and always," comments Abel Azcona, who has been threated by anonymous letters, emails and SMS.
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Islam versus Europe: Spanish Artist Receives Threats After Eating Koran
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