Deutschland Dhimmitude

First it was cartoons, then the Pope and now Mozart. Berlin's Deutsche Oper has cancelled a production of Idomeneo for fear of offending Muslims, who haven't even bothered to protest yet. According to Flemming Rose, culture editor of Denmark's Jyllands-Posten paper that published the infamous Mohammed cartoons,

You play into the hands of the radicals. You are telling them: your tactics are working. This is a victory for the radicals. It's weakening the moderate Muslims who are our allies in this battle of ideas.

One of the world's greatest composers has been muzzled out of fear of the barbarians. Welcome to the Dark Ages.

Update: Meanwhile, Belgium is having problems of its own.