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  • Merkel call to stand firm over terrorists

    09/27/2006 11:34:23 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 14 replies · 892+ views
    The Scotsman ^ | September 28, 2006 | MADELINE CHAMBERS
    ANGELA Merkel, the German chancellor, yesterday urged her people not to bow to fears of Islamic violence after a Berlin opera house cancelled a Mozart work over concerns that scenes might enrage Muslims and pose a security risk."I think the cancellation was a mistake. I think self-censorship does not help us against people who want to practise violence in the name of Islam," she told reporters. Mrs Merkel's comments, fuelled a row over the cancellation of Mozart's Idomeneo that overshadowed a government-sponsored conference to promote dialogue with the country's 3.2 million Muslims. The Deutsche Oper Berlin pulled Idomeneo, which has...