Czechoslovakia
Moravian Morals for MontrealFriday, August 31, 2012 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When Montreal police entered the home of Amir Khadir, a member of Quebec’s parliament, they found a curiously revealing objet d’art: a parody of Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, with Khadir, in the position of Lady Liberty, standing triumphantly over the corpse of Quebec premier Jean Charest.
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