Museum of Victoria and Albert deleted the image of Muhammad from his site, causing criticism

In the UK, the Victoria and Albert Museum deleted a poster from his site with the image of the Prophet Muhammad against the backdrop of security measures, writes The Independent .

According to the publication, after the attack of the terrorists on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the gallery said that there were no exhibits depicting the prophet in her collection. However, then one of the American experts drew attention to the poster, where the Iranian artist portrayed the prophet. After that, the poster was quickly removed from the museum website.

“There is one poster in the V&B collection depicting the Prophet Muhammad,” the exhibition complex was confirmed by the newspaper. She clarified that the poster was removed from the museum’s online base, but remains in the V&A collection and will be available to scientists and researchers by preliminary record.

The representative of the V&S also said that the museum is a famous public building where security measures have already been strengthened, which was prompted by the leadership of the complex to remove the poster from the site.

The removal of the poster from the museum’s website was already criticized by experts who indicated that similar images are part of exhibitions around the world and do not cause complaints. Experts fear that if such museums as V&A will remove such exhibits from public access, then understanding of Muslim art will be lost. They note that such images do not insult, but glorify the Prophet Muhammad.

The Council of Muslims of Britain, in turn, refused to comment on whether this poster is offensive.