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17
August 2006
Germany
To Monitor Madonna
Show
German
prosecutors are to
monitor Madonna
's
concert to determine
whether a mock
crucifixion could be
construed as insulting
religious
beliefs.
The
segment of her tour
where she appears on a
cross wearing a crown of
thorns has provoked
controversy in several
countries.
Prosecutors
admit they will rely on
media reports of the
concert rather than send
their own
observers.
Madonna
will play in Dusseldorf
on Sunday, following on
from her UK
dates.
Religious
leaders have objected to
the performance, which
Madonna says is part of
an appeal for Aids
charities.
Vatican
Cardinal Ersilio Tonino,
who spoke with the
approval of the Pope,
called the concert "a
blasphemous challenge to
the faith" and a
"profanation of the
cross".
He
also called for Madonna,
who was raised as a
Catholic, to be
excommunicated.
Muslim
and Jewish leaders in
Rome also raised
objections before the
star's concert in the
city on 6
August.
However,
the performance went
ahead, including the
segment on the
cross.
Madonna's
New York-based
spokeswoman, Liz
Rosenberg, denied that
the star's show was
insulting.
"The
context of Madonna's
performance on the
crucifix is not negative
nor disrespectful toward
the church," she
said.
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