Portrait Project: Sheik of the Week

Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we'll feature one of those portraits here. Suggestions for subjects welcome.

Two parents arrested after refusing care for their malnourished baby claim they are unable to do so because of their religion. The couple are Moorish Americans, and they adhere to tenets laid out by a spiritual leader named Grand Sheik Brother Kudjo Sut Tekh El. Curious about this furiously titled fellow? He's on MySpace.