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"Virtual Jihadi exhibit creates controversy"
Wafaa Bilal's "Virtual Jihadi"
On Monday, March 10, Iraq-born video artist Wafaa Bilal was on hand for a reception at 6 PM followed at 7 PM by a presentation about his installation "Virtual Jihadi" which was to have been displayed at The Sanctuary for Independent Media.
The installation was scheduled to be open to the public through Friday, March 15 from noon to 2 PM as well as before and after regularly scheduled events through April 4, 2008.
The exhibit was shut down--along with The Sanctuary for Independent Media itself--on trumped-up code violation charges by City of Troy officials on the morning of Tuesday, March 11, just minutes before the show was to open to the public. The Sanctuary remained closed until a grand re-opening celebration on April 26 capped off two months of fundraising and renovations.
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