Muslim students force college to close Iranian American exhibition

A college in temporarily closed an exhibition displaying veiled women in various raunchy poses after some Muslim students were offended by the art.

The exhibition in Macalester College in St. Paul was put on by Iranian-American artist, Taravat Talepasand, 44, whose work challenges Islamic conservatism and the oppression of women.

Items on display included drawings of women in niqabs and high heels lifting their robes to reveal underwear, as well as porcelain sculptures of similar women with huge exposed breasts.

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