Berlin's Deutsche Oper opera house is under fire for cancelling a controversial production of a Mozart opera which shows the severed heads of the Prophet Muhammad, Jesus and Buddha. Politicians have condemned the cancellation as self-censorship and cowardice.
The German government accused a Berlin opera house of "self-censorship" on Tuesday for cancelling performances of a Mozart opera because it was concerned about attacks by Islamists.
The Deutsche Oper, one of Berlin's three opera houses, was due to show a controversial production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" by director Hans Neuenfels in which the severed heads of the Prophet Muhammad, Jesus and Buddha are placed on four chairs.
Deutsche Opera manager Kirsten Harms pulled the opera, due be performed four times in November, after receiving a warning from police. "We got alerted by the police that all the press publicity surrounding the play would severely heighten the security risk to this opera," she told a news conference. [...]
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21 julho, 2006
Por que razão o dogma do multiculturalismo falhou no Reino Unido
Multiculturalism has failed because people refuse to move out of the 'comfort zone' of their own community, academics have warned.
The study said the Left-wing doctrine had ignored the dangers of religious fundamentalism and should be scrapped.
Communities should instead be actively encouraged to mix. The report, written by a team from University of Leicester, said this should be backed by a new concept of Britishness.
It would be based upon respect for the monarchy, loyalty to the elected Government, and respect and adherence to the law.
The authors said multiculturalism is a dead concept but has left communities living separately from one another in virtual isolation, "co-existing with parallel lives". Asaf Hussain, co-author of the work, said: 'We believe multiculturalism has failed. It was a concept and a social reengineering policy with the best of intentions, but with little debate at the grass roots. [...]
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The study said the Left-wing doctrine had ignored the dangers of religious fundamentalism and should be scrapped.
Communities should instead be actively encouraged to mix. The report, written by a team from University of Leicester, said this should be backed by a new concept of Britishness.
It would be based upon respect for the monarchy, loyalty to the elected Government, and respect and adherence to the law.
The authors said multiculturalism is a dead concept but has left communities living separately from one another in virtual isolation, "co-existing with parallel lives". Asaf Hussain, co-author of the work, said: 'We believe multiculturalism has failed. It was a concept and a social reengineering policy with the best of intentions, but with little debate at the grass roots. [...]
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