Dutch Art Fair Director Canceled for Tweets About Islam, Wokeness
"Normalise criticism of the Quran and the Prophet.”
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"Normalise criticism of the Quran and the Prophet.”
The Dutch managing director of the important international art and antiques fair, TEFAF, has suddenly resigned. Bart Drenth confirmed his resignation in a conversation with ANP, but he did not want to state his reasons for resigning. Media outlets outside of the Netherlands recently linked him to prior messages he published on Twitter, which are no longer public, and which generated criticism against him.
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The move comes just days after a column on this site revealed Drenth’s history of tweeting about Muslims, leftists, and “woke” culture.