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MEDIA DIGEST: Muslim Art Exhibit About Hate Crimes, Defaced at the School of the Art Institute

Vandals defaced an exhibit by Muslim graduate student Anida Yoeu Ali at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) on Tuesday. The exhibit, which addressed racial profiling and the rise of violence and hate directed at Muslims in the post-9/11 era, was defaced with large caricatures and a word bubble highlighting the text “Kill all Arabs.” CAIR-Chicago is advocating on behalf of Ali. Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham accompanied Ali yesterday in a meeting with the deans of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Art exhibit on post-9/11 racial violence defaced in Chicago

"Acts like these promote censorship and are an attack on anyone who believes in freedom of expression and freedom of speech," Civil Rights Director at the Chicago chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations, Christina Abraham said.

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