A Berlin opera house has canceled a Mozart performance in response to threats of violence from Islamists who consider “Idomenio’ offensive to Muslims.

Ayyub Axel Koehler, the head of the Central Council of Muslims, one of Germany’s largest Muslim groups, said on Tuesday: ”While we are absolutely in agreement with the need for a free press, free opinion and free arts, we also think that there are certain limits to those freedoms. If there are issues that most deeply hurt the feelings of believers, then one should then be considerate, as it should be normal among civilized persons.”

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