Banksy does the Middle East

3 December 2007 · Comments 

The British “guerilla” graffiti artist that goes under the nom de guerre Banksy has recently been to the Middle East to offer the locals his particular brand of controversial graffiti.

This example is to be found in Bethlehem in the Palestinian West Bank:

As a statement, this image of a dove (presumably a “dove of peace” from the twig in its beak) wearing a flak jacket seems fairly thought-provoking yet relatively innocuous. However, I would also have liked to see something a little more provocative; something that shows the other side of the situation. Perhaps something like this:

You can see more of Banksy’s Middle Eastern street art over at the BBC.

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Does Islam have a sense of humour?

20 November 2007 · Comments 

Apparently it does, according to this magazine article over on the BBC.

Let’s see if this is true:

Behead those that don't laugh

I’d like to see some muslim opinion on whether this doctored image could be considered amusing.

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All Roman Catholics Go To Heaven

22 October 2007 · Comments 

A little photoshoppage of this image from irReligion.org

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Separated at birth?

10 October 2007 · Comments 

This has been bugging me for the past couple of years: I knew I’d seen Harris’ face somewhere before I read The End of Faith.

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As some readers from the UK may note, this is a homage to Private Eye.

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One for UK catholics, perhaps?

9 October 2007 · Comments 

Cilice BANG!

Perhaps with the slogan “BANG! And the sin is gone!”…

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Not The Alpha Course

9 October 2007 · Comments 

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/hattip to this post by King Aardvark

  1. I find these types of advertisements so damned condescending. [↩]
  2. Image (c) Jungle_Boy. Used under CC licence. [↩]

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