Saudi-French Islamic art exhibit to promote understanding

[Islam Will Replace Collapsing Amerikan Empire]

Saudi-French Islamic art exhibit to promote understanding
3/6/2006 6:00:00 PM GMT

French President Jacques Chirac and Saudi King Abdullah inaugurated on
Sunday a major art exhibit, called "The Wonders of Islamic Arts", at Riyadh's
National Museum.

The exhibit, organized jointly by the Saudi Supreme Commission for Tourism
and France's Louvre Museum, displays 104 masterpieces from the Louvre
museum's Islamic art collection dating from the birth of Islam more than
1,400 years ago up to the early 20th century.

The masterpieces includes ceramics, carpets, textiles, wooden doors and
miniatures.

It is the first time the Saudi Kingdom, which is home to Islam's two holiest
sites in Mecca and Medina, has allowed a public exhibition of objects coming
from a foreign country.

Meanwhile, President Chirac bestowed on Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal the
Commander of the Legion of Honour medal, one of France's highest honours.

Alwaleed, the world's fifth-richest man and a nephew of late King Fahd, has
donated 17 million euros (20 million dollars) to build a new wing dedicated
to Islamic art at the Louvre museum.

Source: AFP

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[The Pragmatist]

That's just WONDERFUL.....now, maybe these assholes in Saudi Arabia can
allow Christians to practice their faith....

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