The Tate Britain gallery in London held a retrospective of the artist 's work , '' John Latham in Focus '' , between September 2005 and February 2006 . In the wake of the 7 July 2005 bombings on the London transport system , carried out by Islamic militants , Tate Britain made the decision not to include '' God is Great ( no. 2 ) '' in the exhibition , as they had originally planned . The gallery were aware that the act of cutting the sacred texts in two might cause offense to some members of these religious groups , although the gallery 's director , Stephen Deuchar , stated that the decision was made not out of fear of offending anyone , but out of fear that someone who had been offended might respond violently . Following on from the June bombings , gallery staff had expressed concern that they might be attacked because of the artwork
7 July 2005 bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
God is Great (no. 2)