Notice that German Muslims “regret” the plans of the theatre in Potsdam. When Muslims start regretting, then seething soon follows. After seething come Molotov cocktails and scimitars and Death to the Crusaders!
According to AFP:
Satanic Verses play upsets German Muslims- - - - - - - - -
German Muslims have expressed “regret” that a theatre near Berlin plans to stage the world premiere of a play based on Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses.
“We regret that the religious sentiments of Muslims are being treated in a provocative manner,” the president of the German Islamic Council, Ali Kizilkaya said, after his organisation publicly complained about the performance.
Iran’s late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa — or religious decree — in 1989 calling on Muslims to kill Mr Rushdie for perceived insults against Islam in his novel.
Mr Rushdie, an Indian-born Muslim who was educated in Britain, was forced into hiding for nearly a decade.
He was knighted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in 2007, a move that sparked a new wave of protest across the Muslim world.
The play, adapted from Mr Rushdie’s 1988 book, was reworked for the stage by the manager of the Hans Otto Theatre in the eastern city of Potsdam, Uwe Eric Laufenberg, and dramatist Marcus Mislin.
Amid heavy media coverage of the upcoming premiere, the general secretary of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek, has urged followers of Islam to remain calm over the staging of the play and engage in a “critical and constructive dialogue” about the issues it raises.
But he also questions whether the play might go too far.
“Freedom of expression and of art is importance but offences against what is sacred in a religion is not something we value,” he said.
A police spokeswoman says authorities plan to step up security around the theatre during the performance.
The team in Potsdam say they had received permission from Mr Rushdie to adapt his novel and have invited him to the performance but they say it is unclear whether the author will attend.
Hat tip: Steen.
2 comments:
"The Satanic Verses"
Excellent novel where Rushdie exposes the lunacy of mmulticulturalism. He also shows how the "poor immigrants" are here to colonise and to conquer.
But what I liked the most in this novel was the love Rushdie has for the Subcontinental Indian Culture. All of them. Rushdie did not had a vision on which the "subcontinentals" should be muslim or Hindu or whatevver but he aknowledges and ilustrates how the islamic penetration on the Subcontinental culture is damaging.
I smply did not like how Western Women are characterized on the book and how the West in general is seen as "bad". I found very interesting the critic on the beginning of islam and the real (?) History behind it.
A great book, and here is my literary review.
"We regret that the religious sentiments of Muslims are being treated in a provocative manner..." In other words, "...you must value what we value as we value it and if not the violence/threats that you suffer will be of your own doing."
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