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- March 5th: Iraqi-born artist, Wafaa Bilal presents his work, Virtual Jihadi, despite complaints from Campus Republicans
- March 6th: RPI indefinitely suspends Mr. Bilal's show, and subsequently closes it down.
- March 7th: The Sanctuary for Independent Media invites Wafaa to reinstall his exhibition and to host a re-opening event.
- March 8th: Bob Mirch calls for a protest against the Sanctuary on the day of the opening. He 'appears' on the radio for 3 hours (on city time?) calling for protest. Troy Record runs a headline about Mirch's protest.
- March 10th (AM): Code enforcement and fire department officials make a visit to the Sanctuary to assure that they are in compliance.
- After this visit - on the day of Wafaa Bilal's controversial exhibition, the Sanctuary did NOT receiveany calls from the City. Everything seemed to be in order.
- March 10th (PM): Mirch's protesters arrive and picket the Sanctuary. Sanctuary supporters respond with a straightforward message: This Art is Not Terrorism.
- The opening of the art show and talk went off very well, despite the protest organized by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works (the dept. which oversees code enforcement!)
- March 11th: The Sanctuary received a phone message from Code enforcement saying there could be no assembly at the Sanctuary. (online at: http://mediasanctuary.org)
