Swedish artist's Muhammad musical courts new controversy

by Peter Vinthagen Simpson
The Local
November 23, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1093/swedish-artists-muhammad-musical-courts-new

Excerpt:

Swedish artist Lars Vilks is at the centre of a new controversy as his new musical Dogs premiered in Stockholm on Saturday.

Meanwhile, an exhibition of hisMuhammad caricatures has been blocked by Kalmar Art Museum.

At a panel discussion after the premiere of the musical - a filmed documentation of events occurring after the drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a roundabout dog, chaos reigned on Saturday.

When Vilks stood to address the several hundred people gathered in the ABF building in Stockholm, a young woman rose to her feet, made threatening gestures with her key ring and screamed at the artist.

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