compl3x Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Locals condemn artwork depicting footballer's headbutt in World Cup final as anti-Islamic. Qatar has removed a statue depicting a headbutt attack by footballer Zinedine Zidane following an outcry by conservatives who slammed it as anti-Islam idolisation. The five-metre sculpture depicting the France footballer attacking Italy's Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final was put on display on Doha's corniche on October 3. But the statue, sculpted by Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed, appears to have offended Muslim conservatives, who saw it as a violation of religious tenets. It was removed on Monday, according to local newspapers. "Congratulations for having new idols," wrote one tweeter sarcastically, as the Arabic hashtag "Zidane's statue in Qatar" triggered huge reaction from dismayed conservatives. "It is sad that our youth see in this art and modernity. Our children do not differentiate between the right and the wrong, or the haram (prohibited) and the halal (permissible)," wrote another. To avoid the possibility of idolisation, Islamic jurisprudence prohibits statues of human beings and animals. Although some Muslim countries display statues in public, conservative Gulf nations mostly do not. Saudi municipal authorities in June smashed sculptures of horses erected on a roundabout in the southwestern Jazan province after the kingdom's top cleric Abdulaziz al-Shaikh wrote to the local governor demanding their removal for being a "great sin". The Qatar Museum Authority bought the "Coup de Tete" sculpture after it was put on display earlier outside the Pompidou Centre in Paris. It was also reportedly displayed between July and September in Italy's coastal town of Pietrasanta. QMA reportedly said at the time that the sculpture was planned to be a permanent fixture on the corniche. Doha News website said the statue will now join Abdessemed's collection that is on display in the Arab Museum of Modern Art, citing QMA chief marketing officer Kimberly French. The Museum is hosting until January 4 an exhibition by Abdessemed entitled "L'age d'or", featuring drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/10/qatar-removes-zidane-statue-after-outcry-201310302338612974.html :rolleyes: - Is anything considered inoffensive in that culture/religion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 anti islamic?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Paranoid about idolisation. Apparently even statues of animals are forbidden - wouldn't want someone to start idolising a horse or a bird or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 :rolleyes: - Is anything considered inoffensive in that culture/religion? Islam isn't the problem, the whole world is. Islam is the religion of peace, and they'll kill you to prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redvamp128 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I wish I could remember where I read or heard this phrase which is fitting.... A world without art leads to a world without an imagination for the good things in life...but instead a concentration on the emptiness inside. Now I could see if the people were leaving gifts and worshiping the statue then that I could see as a reason to remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 :rolleyes: - Is anything considered inoffensive in that culture/religion? Rape adrynalyne 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 So many awesome gifs of the original incident.The fact that somebody built a huge statue of it, is amazing. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted October 31, 2013 Member Share Posted October 31, 2013 Just when you think certain sects of Islam can't get any more retarded, they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Just when you think certain sects of Islam can't get any more retarded, they do. This is mainstream interpretation of Islamic jurisprudence (law). The folks complaining about this aren't some heretical sect... If they were they'd probably have been killed for apostasy or heresy a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc2k Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 *wrong topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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