German court convicts man for insulting Islam

[Ahknaton]

Up to 3 years in prison for insulting someone's religion??!?

German court convicts man for insulting Islam

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/wl_nm/crime_religion_germany_dc_2

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A German court on Thursday convicted a businessman of insulting Islam by printing the word "Koran" on toilet paper and offering it to mosques.

The 61-year-old man, identified only as Manfred van H., was given a one-year jail sentence, suspended for five years, and ordered to complete 300 hours of community service, a district court in the western German town of Luedinghausen ruled.

The conviction comes after a Danish newspaper printed cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad -- sparking violent protests around the world from Muslims who saw the images as sacrilegious and an attack on their beliefs.

Manfred van H. printed out sheets of toilet paper bearing the word "Koran" shortly after a group of Muslims carried out a series of bomb attacks in London in July 2005. He sent the paper to German television stations, magazines and some 15 mosques.

Prosecutors said that in an accompanying letter Manfred van H. called Islam's holy book a "cookbook for terrorists."

He also offered his toilet paper for sale on the Internet at a price of 4 euros ($4.76) per roll, saying the proceeds would go toward a "memorial to all the victims of Islamic terrorism."

The maximum sentence for insulting religious beliefs under the German criminal code is three years in prison.

[Starr]

I would suspect that a lot of these countries are going to feel some need to show how intolerant they are of intolerance now.:rolleyes:

[Gorilla]

Up to 3 years in prison for insulting someone's religion??!?

German court convicts man for insulting Islam

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/wl_nm/crime_religion_germany_dc_2

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A German court on Thursday convicted a businessman of insulting Islam by printing the word "Koran" on toilet paper and offering it to mosques.

The 61-year-old man, identified only as Manfred van H., was given a one-year jail sentence, suspended for five years, and ordered to complete 300 hours of community service, a district court in the western German town of Luedinghausen ruled.

The conviction comes after a Danish newspaper printed cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad -- sparking violent protests around the world from Muslims who saw the images as sacrilegious and an attack on their beliefs.


I say this is the 'new' direction of the 'movement'. Practicality and common sense over trying to bring back what is history.

I say the semitic menace should be countered by appropriate response, and I'll add the jews were the most numerous foreign minority in Europe prior to the 60's.

[Fade the Butcher]

Germany is the sickest country in the world.

[Jimbo Gomez]

Germany is the sickest country in the world.


Hmm, they or Britain, it'd be a close race.

[Ahknaton]

Blasphemous ASCII art:

*-O)):~{>

(Mohammed with a lit bomb in his turban)

[Billy Score]

Rofl! Europe might embrace this "we are the world" bullshit but muslims haven't. They have been in conflict with Europe for... practically 1500 years. To them, this is great, they are winning without even having to fire a single rifle. The Europeans are surrendering with their tail between their legs.

As far as I am concerned, the europeans and germans are getting what they deserve for their weakness. Maybe they should grow a pair. but at the times when they SHOULD be growing a pair, they instead castrate themselves further.

[SteamshipTime]

Germany is the sickest country in the world.

Hmm, they or Britain, it'd be a close race.

Indeed. Even Sweden is figuring out ways to disengage.