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		<title>Judge throws out Jerry Springer - The Opera blasphemy charge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two judges ruled it was reasonable to conclude that the play "in context" could not be considered as blasphemous.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch museum pulls art that may offend Muslims</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The picture, made by Iranian artist Sooreh Hera, is entitled Adam and Ewald and shows two gay men wearing masks of the Muslim prophet Mohammed and his son-in-law Ali.]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate Jesus Resurrected In New York City</title>
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		<description><![CDATA["My Sweet Lord," an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returns Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery, its creator said Tuesday. This time, artist Cosimo Cavallaro said he expects the public exhibit to proceed without a problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Artist defends &#8216;Osama bin Christ&#8217; art</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The artist behind a controversial work depicting terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus today invited those considering her work to look a little more deeply than the obvious comparison of good and evil.]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate Jesus exhibition canceled after Catholics protest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained.]]></description>
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		<title>Dali painting dismissed as clever trick by experts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Scotland&#8217;s favourite paintings, Salvador Dali&#8217;s depiction of Jesus on the cross, has been dismissed as a &#8220;clever trick&#8221; and a &#8220;con&#8221; by leading art experts.
Christ of St John of the Cross is one of the world&#8217;s most famous images of the crucifixion, and the painting, owned by Glasgow City Council since the early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Museum Pulls Religion-Themed Work</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tate Britain Museum Pulls Artwork to Avoid Offending Religious Sensibilities After Bombings
LONDON Sep 25, 2005 — The Tate Britain museum has removed a work made up of sacred texts from Christianity, Judaism and Islam torn and mounted on glass to avoid offending religious sensibilities following the July transit bombings in London, the museum said Sunday.
The [...]]]></description>
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