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  • German court convicts man for insulting Islam

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/...n_germany_dc_2


    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.
    To sit down with these men and deal with them as the representatives of an enlightened and civilized people is to deride ones own dignity and to invite the disaster of their treachery - General Matthew Ridgway

  • #2
    Manfred van H is my hero.

    Very creative.

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    • #3
      I wonder if we will ever find such an example of righteousness in the islamic nations!

      Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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      • #4
        So who is the hypocrite now, all those people moaning about the so called double standard about some papers refusing to publish caricatures about Christianity should STFU....
        Seek Save Serve Medic

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        • #5
          damn... that guy should be punished, he had no right to do that, unless ofcourse he followed Islam himself... u got no right to insult someone else's religion no matter how chaotic it may sound, lol...
          Cow is the only animal that not only inhales oxygen, but also exhales it.
          -Rekha Arya, Former Minister of Animal Husbandry

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          • #6
            Originally posted by lemontree
            I wonder if we will ever find such an example of righteousness in the islamic nations!
            It wasn't righteousness.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Karna
              It wasn't righteousness.
              Give your definition of the German legal action against the man.

              Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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              • #8
                Harsh.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Karna
                  Harsh.
                  The Germans acted according to the laid down law.

                  Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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                  • #10
                    They sure did.

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                    • #11
                      I hadn't realised they'd instituted blasphemy laws in Germany
                      In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

                      Leibniz

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