Where indiscriminateness (or fear?) lead...to dhimmitude.

Just this week, Il Giornale reports that the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Fausto Bertinotti (a communist), removed the painting that shows a scene from the Battle of Lepanto (1571) from the Knights' Hall in Montecitorio, the Italian Parliament. This was done -apparently- so as not to offend Muslims.

The Battle of Lepanto (1571) resulted in a triumph for Christianity over the Ottoman Turks. It is in this battle that Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, of Don Quijote fame, becomes "el manco de Lepanto", having lost a hand during the battle.

What's next? How about changing the name of the Lepanto underground station in Rome?

Go here for G.K. Chesterton's poem on Lepanto.

[Italy] [Lepanto] [Bertinotti] [Montecitorio] [Muslims] [Islam] [dhimmitude]