"The Koran--It's a...COOKBOOK!!!"
Posted on 02/23/2006 9:13:47 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
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.
Sickening.
This is so incredibly ridiculous!
I wait with baited breath to see the first conviction of an Imam verbally insulting any other religion...
Remember to direct farts towards Mecca.
What about his right to free speech? Interesting balance of priorities. But I wonder if the krauts would inflict the same pain on an individual or company that insults Christianity, Christ, or one of its saints?
I wonder if they would throw me in jail for wearing my MetroSpy Mohammed Bomb-Turban T-shirt?
I guess the forming of the nation Germanistan will be hot on the heels of the formation of Francistan.
Another sad day for Germany...
coming to a town near you - Diversity and Tolerance for all things except Christians and conservatives
Maybe evolution isn't just a theory......seems to be more and more people without any backbone these days. Are the Germans now reverting back to being chimps? This is just plain stupid!
If it ever does I'll donate 20 dollars to your favorite charity. Seriously. Just ping me.
I suppose we could look at this in a positive light - Germany has officially ruled that the Koran is not even fit to wipe ones' ass with.
"The Koran--It's a...COOKBOOK!!!"
So should we like do funny Mohammed things here on FR? Or would this run afoul of the racism and politeness rules. This is a serious inquiry. I can't draw, but I could think of a hundred "Little Mohammed" jokes.
parsy, who doesn't know what to do.
Wait'll they see my Khomeini Kotexes and my Taliban Tampons...
No protests from the populace???
- Lemmings -
i guess the guy who calls himself "The Amazing Racist" better stay within his own borders
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