Islamic hard-liners had protested the sculpture, saying that representational art was forbidden in Islam. The sculptor said the government had capitulated to their demands.
JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and ELLEN BARRY, NY Times: World
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 12:35am
Islamic hard-liners had protested the sculpture, saying that representational art was forbidden in Islam. The sculptor said the government had capitulated to their demands.