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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEuropean court rules insulting religion IS a crime as woman's conviction upheld
A EUROPEAN court has ruled insulting religion is a criminal offence after a woman who called the Prophet Mohammed a paedophile had her conviction upheld.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the woman, known only as Mrs S, was convicted by a lower court in Vienna for disparaging religious doctrines and was ordered to pay a 480 euros fine plus legal fees.
She appealed the decision and her case as thrown out by the Court of Appeal in the Austrian capital as well as the countrys Supreme Court.
The 47-year-old from Vienna was reported to have held seminars in which she made the blasphemous comments while debating the marriage between Mohammed and Aisha, a six-year-old girl.
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More: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1036685/european-court-human-rights-religion-insult-crime-islam
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the woman, known only as Mrs S, was convicted by a lower court in Vienna for disparaging religious doctrines and was ordered to pay a 480 euros fine plus legal fees.
She appealed the decision and her case as thrown out by the Court of Appeal in the Austrian capital as well as the countrys Supreme Court.
The 47-year-old from Vienna was reported to have held seminars in which she made the blasphemous comments while debating the marriage between Mohammed and Aisha, a six-year-old girl.
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More: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1036685/european-court-human-rights-religion-insult-crime-islam
This quote right here is a WTFery for the ages: The Court found in particular that the domestic courts comprehensively assessed the wider context of the applicants statements and carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected, and served the legitimate aim of preserving religious peace in Austria." (Emphasis mine, because the fuck is this nonsense?!!?)
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European court rules insulting religion IS a crime as woman's conviction upheld (Original Post)
Dr. Strange
Oct 2018
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HAB911
(8,914 posts)1. Blasphemy
Austria
Right
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)2. Won't be long
before this country's rightwing pretend-christians rush to the Kavanaugh Kourt to get the same kind of ruling here.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)3. And people wonder why many in the US oppose hate speech laws...
getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)4. snowflakes be needing their freezers.......
Doesn't matter the rest of us will perish.
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)5. Well that's scary.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)6. This is an example of why importing European style hate speech laws into our country is a bad idea.
I'm offended on pretty much a daily basis by stupid blathering but that's preferable to making it a crime to shit talk somebody's prophet in order to protect their delicate feefees.