Fury as opera cancelled for fear of offending Muslims

The Scotsman ^ | September 27, 2006 | MELISSA EDDY

[Condor51]

I assume Shakespeare's Othello has already been banned as offensive to Islam. /s

[montag813]

What is odd about this whole affair is that the scene in question was not written by Mozart at all (or whomever wrote his librettos), but was added by the modern director. Therefore it is rather disingenuous to pretend it is a Muslims vs Mozart issue. However, having so powerful a symbol as Mozart used in the culture wars may prove quite useful, as we can see from the political reaction.

[finnigan2]

The Euro weenie dummies have been completely "dhimitized" - and they're not even sure when it all started to go bad for them.
All that remains is that they agree on the terms of the extra tax that Muslims require of all those who are subject to dhimitude and negotiate how many of those empty cathedrals should be turned over and converted into mosques.

[MattinNJ]

Next thing you know, they'll ban Othello.

[US admirer]

"Mohammed the Prophet (may he burn in hell) was a pedophile and murderer. Islam is a religion created by Satan himself, full of hate, murder, and every kind of evil. Piss on Islam, but God save the poor, mislead and corrupted Muslims, through Christ the Lord.

Come and get me Muslims.
I will NOT submit."


C'mon now, quit holding back and tell us how you really feel. I hate this PC pussy stuff on FR.

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

"Radical" Muslims kill innocents in the name of the devil Allah, and the "moderate" Muslims celebrate in the streets and hand candy out to their children to celebrate. Then the "moderate" Muslims give money, food, and shelter to the "radical" Muslims, while telling the rest of their "dhimmitude" (i.e. the rest of us, their non-Muslim "slaves" in waiting) that we need to distinguish between "good Muslims" and those few "bad boys" out there.

I have never met a moderate Muslim in my life. I've only read articles by one or two Muslims in five years condemning Islamic inspired murder. However, I've seen or read of the deaths of thousands by "radical" Muslims, and the silence and inaction by the rest of Islam represents their deafening voice of approval.

No, I don't mince words about Islam or Muslims. It has, however, taken me five years to see Muslims in the same light as my Lord does, as sad, misled, confused humans in utter bondage to Satan. Only Satan would create a religion where the essential characteristic is human bondage, whether it's actual slavery, the "dhimmitude", the status of women and children, or the status within classes of male Muslims, or ritual prayer five times a day - it's all bondage to Satan. Only the Satanically inspired would teach their children from the cradle onward, the merit of dying by suicide in Jihad to serve their God by murdering innocents. It's exactly what that angel wanted when he rebelled against God.

Islam is entirely understandable to a knowledgeable Christian. In the non-spiritual sense, it's as deadly and life threatening as any force that's ever dwelt on this earth. We need to fight and destroy the true enemy, Islam, before this war will end.

SFS

[visualops]

I haven't read all the threads on this,so I don't know if anyone else brought this up, but why on earth is that scene in this opera? It's not part of the story, the story takes place in ancient Greece/Crete, long before Jesus and Mohammed et al. Sounds to me like some whacky director/producer hacked up a perfectly good opera to suit himself.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Is this scene in Mozart's original opera or is this just more modern crap these nutcase producers throw in to ruin operas?

[justshutupandtakeit]

I oppose all these crapped up modern versions of operas. The Drag Queens who ruin great art should be given to the Islmanaics for beheading practice.

[Killborn]

German Douchebag: Look at me! I'm so sophisticated and progressive that I'm going to take a crusty ancient play and jazz it up a little by insulting the dumb superstitions of all those "religious" people. I'm sticking a middle finger into the face of traditional values! Ooooh! I'm so brave. But when those smelly camel lovers threaten me, I 1 and 2 my lingerie/granny pants and hide under my boyfriend's skirt/girlfriend's BDUS and let the evil, racist, imperialist AmeriKKKans protect me.

[Killborn]

Islamofacist @$$hole: Look at me! I have such a fragile world view that even the slightest insult turns me to murdrerous rage which I take out on Jews, Christians, Infidels, babies, puppies. But of course I don't do it myself. Those infidels have bigger guns than me. So I just brainwash some poor schmuck who don't have anything to look up to and nothing to believe in into doing the killing for me while I hump goats/camel/sheep/little boys.

And I have no clue what the hell is irony.