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http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/06/impeach-pennsylvania’s-sharia-judge/The facts of the case are clear: Ernest Perce, a young atheist in Pennsylvania, marched in a Halloween parade dressed as “Zombie Muhammad.” A Muslim, Talaag Elbayomy, grew enraged when he saw Perce’s costume, and began choking him while trying to pull off the fake beard that Perce had glued onto his face. Perce went to the police, and so did Elbayomy – the latter under the mistaken impression that it was illegal in the United States, as it is in many Muslim lands, to insult or mock the prophet of Islam. Elbayomy was mistaken, of course: it isn’t illegal...

[...] in a phone interview, Martin told CBN News he's a life-long Lutheran, not a Muslim. "The victim claims that I said that I was a Muslim, and he portrayed incorrectly that I was a Muslim, and that I showed biased toward Muslims in my ruling, and really that's ridiculous," Martin told CBN News. But critics, like Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, say the judge stepped out of bounds of the First Amendment. [...] "It sounds like he's Sharia compliant, not constitutionally compliant," the Texas lawmaker said. Martin, however, stands by his ruling, saying there wasn't enough evidence to find the...

Mechanicsburg District Judge Mark Martin and his staff temporarily relocated to the Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle today due to threats his office has received and public criticism of his ruling in the "Zombie Muhammad" case. (excerpt: read article here:http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/02/judge_in_zombie_muhammad_case.html)