ANOTHER SURRENDER – AT 11:15 A.M. ET:  Little by little, we are giving up our freedoms to the trendies of political correctness, especially where Islam is concerned.  From the New York Post:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly pulled images of the Prophet Mohammed from its Islamic collection and may not include them in a renovated exhibition area slated to open in 2011, The Post has learned.

The museum said the controversial images -- objected to by conservative Muslims who say their religion forbids images of their holy founder -- were "under review."

Critics say the Met has a history of dodging criticism and likely wants to escape the kind of outcry that Danish cartoons of Mohammed caused in 2006.

I know of no similar sensitivity that the Met, a museum with vast national influence, has ever shown toward Christianity or Judaism. 

Three years ago, the Met changed its "Primitive Art Galleries" to the "Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas" for the sake of political correctness, said author Michael Gross, author of "Rogues' Gallery," a book about the Met.

Just recently, it decided its highly anticipated "Islamic Galleries" will be given an awkward new name ahead of the 2011 opening. Visitors will stroll around rooms dedicated to art from "Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia," according to a museum press release.

COMMENT:  It wasn't too many weeks back when Yale University decided to publish a book about the Danish cartoon controversy, without printing the cartoons.  The claim is always that institutions want to show "respect."  The reality is fear.  Or, just as bad, the reality is that there are large contributions involved.  Money talks, and Muslim groups, especially fronted by Saudi Arabia, use large amounts of it to buy influence in the United States and Western Europe.

January 10, 2010