Fearing Islamic reaction, Germans silence an opera
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BERLIN -- One of Germany's foremost opera houses has abruptly canceled a modern production of Mozart's ``Idomeneo" because of fears of a violent reaction to a scene showing the severed head of the Prophet Mohammed.
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A leading opera house has canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo," citing authorities' fears that it posed "incalculable" security risks because it featured the severed head of religious figures, including Muhammad.
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Pope Benedict may have prayed with a  mufti in Istanbul's Blue Mosque, but that doesn't mean that  Catholic children in his native Germany can follow his example  when they gather for pre-Christmas festivities at their  schools.
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An Italian school's substitution of a  Nativity play with Little Red Riding Hood so as not to offend  Muslim children has raised the Vatican's ire and sparked debate  on how much traditions should change to accommodate immigrants.
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FRANKFURT -- While the British public reacted to the latest terrorist strike there with stoicism and a practiced determination to get on with life, Germany has erupted in a rancorous dispute over how to deal with a terrorist threat that has yet to materialize here.
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Audience members at Monday's Deutsche Oper production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" will be kindly asked to empty their pockets of all metal objects. And they should be prepared to leave &#151; quickly &#151; in case of a bomb alert.
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The murder of a controversial Dutch filmmaker has reenergized an uncomfortable debate over Europe&#39;s relationship with its growing Muslim minority.
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The cancellation of an opera in Germany for fear of offending Muslims outrages several European papers.
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Europe's complex interplay with Islam appears to stand at a tipping-point, and the slaying of a Dutchman who made a movie critical of Islam could indicate one direction in which it is headed. "The Muslims say they're scared," said mourner Nicolette Toering. "No, we're scared."
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The first Arab and Islamic Conference in Europe, planned for the beginning of October, has been banned by the Berlin city legislature, following considerable pressure from federal Interior Minister Otto Schily.
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Patrons of Berlin's Deutsche Oper were greeted by metal detectors, police and the media on Monday at an opera previously canceled over fears Muslims may be offended by a scene featuring Prophet Mohammad's severed head.
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A Berlin opera house condemned for  canceling performances of a Mozart work because of concern it  might provoke violence by Muslims said on Thursday it might  consider staging the production if it had security assurances.
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The Muslim community in The Netherlands fears the backlash of the murder of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh, which already
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Concern that religious tensions along the lines of those sparked in the Netherlands by the brutal killing of Islam-critical filmmaker Theo van Gogh could spill over into Germany has triggered a fresh debate ...
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Pope Benedict may have prayed with a mufti in Istanbul's Blue Mosque, but that doesn't mean that Catholic children in his native Germany can follow his example when they gather for pre-Christmas festivities at their schools.
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BERLIN - A German cardinal has sparked outrage by warning that modern culture is at risk of descending into "degeneracy," a term that is strongly connected with the persecution of artists by the Nazis.
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Four canceled performances of a Mozart  opera have reignited an anxious and heated debate in Europe  over free speech, self-censorship and Islam.