The UK’s Metropolitan Police have warned Greek artist Xenofon Kavvadias that he may be arrested and prosecuted under the country’s Terrorism Act “if he mounts an exhibition featuring texts such as The Islamic Ruling on the Permissibility of Martyrdom Operations, a justification for suicide bombings used by Chechen extremists.” Via the Guardian.
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