Posted on 10/26/2018 4:29:52 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
(CNSNews.com) Europes top human rights court has ruled that comments about Mohammed having pedophilic tendencies are not covered by the right to freedom of expression, agreeing with the assessment of courts in Austria that the remarks constituted an abusive attack on the Prophet of Islam which could stir up prejudice and threaten religious peace.
A seven-judge European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) panel in Strasbourg concluded that the Austrian courts had carefully balanced the applicants right to freedom of expression with the rights of others to have their religious feelings protected, and to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society.
Thursdays decision came nine years after Elizabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, an Austrian political scientist and activist, held a seminar in Vienna where among things she criticized the treatment of women in Islam. The topic of Mohammeds marriage to Aisha, the youngest of his dozen wives and concubines, came up.
According to Islamic texts, the 7th century Arabian who founded Islam was betrothed to Aisha when she was six, and the marriage was consummated when she was nine.
The court record quotes Sabaditsch-Wolff as having said that Mohammed liked to do it with children, (other translations of the German comment render it had a thing for little girls) and saying, A 56-year-old and a six-year-old? What do we call it, if it is not pedophilia?
In 2011, Sabaditsch-Wolff was convicted under Austrias penal code for denigrating the teachings of a legally recognized religion and fined 480 euros (about $546), plus costs. She was acquitted on a charge of incitement.
Sabaditsch-Wolff appealed the decision, but a higher court in Austria upheld it.
In June 2012 the case was lodged with the ECHR, which hears allegations of breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights. Sabaditsch-Wolff complained her freedom of expression rights under the convention had been violated.
She said the Austrian courts had failed to address the substance of the statements in question, in the light of her right to freedom of expression.
If they had done so, Sabaditsch-Wolff argued, they would have qualified that as value judgments based on facts, rather than as mere value judgments.
The ECHR judges disagreed.
They said although people must tolerate the denial by others of their religious beliefs, in cases where comments are likely to incite religious intolerance a state might legitimately consider them to be incompatible with respect for the freedom of thought, conscience and religion and take proportionate restrictive measures.
The judges also said the subject matter was of a particularly sensitive nature, and that the authorities in Austria were in a better position to evaluate which statements were likely to disturb the religious peace in their country.
Thanks for the correction. This Nazi did indeed meet his deserved end when an allied bomb blew him to pieces. That was too quick, and slow strangulation via hanging would have been better.
The camel’s nose is in the tent...
(Before anyone asks, I found it and the other image floating around the Internet. I'm sure TinEye could get a closer bead on them.)
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
Mad Mo waited until she was 9 to rape Aisha.
Excellent post, #12!
Yes it would have been better to see him strung up by piano wire.
OK, if you won’t use the term, Pedophile, what then do you call someone who had sex with a nine year old girl?
Child slaver comes to mind.
Pigs be inseminating him
And just like that, pedophilia has been given the green light in the EU. Next, they’ll be teaching it in their progressive schools as an “alternative lifestyle”.
Note to self:
If I ever go to Europe make sure I lie about what I
think about Mohammed (Mo-mo).
Mexican? Oh wait, is that 10?
During times of universal deceit; speaking the truth is a revolutionary act.
-George Orwell
TRUTH ist verboten!
EU is heading down the path of destruction.
The five oldest and most trusted Islamic sources dont portray Muhammad as a great and godly man. They confirm that he was a thief, liar, assassin, mass murderer, terrorist, warmonger, and an unrestrained sexual pervert engaged in pedophilia, incest, and rape. He authorized deception, assassinations, torture, slavery, and genocide. He was a pirate, not a prophet. According to the Hadith and the Quran, Muhammad and his henchmen plundered their way to power and prosperity........
Who cares? In 25 years , those 7 justices will be carcasses in the street.. slit from ear to ear, curled up in a fetal ball in front of their court.
EUrabia will not be denied, religious beliefs will matter little for them and their offspring, most of whom will convert to Islam to save their sorry arses.
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