Posted on 02/27/2019 4:18:06 PM PST by robowombat
Questioning Islam and Muhammad has been effectively criminalized in Europe
Here is background about Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff’s case, a case with extraordinarily important implications for the future of the freedom of speech and of the free world in general. Please visit her website here.
In 2009, Mrs. Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff (ES) spoke at a series of seminars organized by the Austrian Freedom Party, which were advertised to and open to members of the public. At two such seminars, each attended by about 30 people, she made several statements about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. The seminars were also attended by an undercover journalist, whose publisher made a criminal complaint against Mrs. ES for the statements she had made.
The public prosecutor lodged an indictment against Mrs. ES and accused her of violation of Article 283 of the Austrian Criminal Code, which criminalizes the incitement of hatred.
The Court of 1st instance (Regional Court of Vienna) dropped this specific allegation, but convicted her on 15 February 2011 for disparaging religious doctrines under Article 188 of the Austrian Criminal Code.
Her appeals against this judgment was dismissed in Austria by the Court of 2nd instance (Superior Court of Vienna) on 20 December 2011 and the Court of 3rd instance (Supreme Court) on 11 December 2013.
After that, Mrs. ES lodged an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in which, in particular, an infringement of Art. 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights (freedom of expression) was alleged.
By judgment of 25 October 2018, no. 38450/12, the Fifth Section of the ECtHR held that the appeal was admissible, but that there was no violation of Article 10 ECHR.
On 22 January 2019, Mrs. ES lodged a request for referral of the case to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR (GC). The GC has not yet decided whether or not to accept the request for further consideration. We therefore do not yet know whether the case will be dealt with further and whether there will be an oral hearing.
In our view, the judgment of the ECtHR is in conflict with other decisions of the same Court which have given greater weight to the fundamental right to freedom of expression.
The case is so important because it concerns the core of the fundamental right to freedom of expression: criticism of religions is practically as important as criticism of politicians. If one suppresses the possibility of criticizing religions, this can lead to a chilling effect, which makes further discussion about religions more difficult.
The website is:
http://www.friendsoffreespech.org
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
Criticism of Islam will be criminalized here in the next few years.
Over dead bodies.
Muslims have no intention of assimilation but migrate to a country to conquer it.
Muslims have no intention of assimilation but migrate to a country to conquer it.
The cross can be placed in a glass of piss call it art and the liberal a##es applaud and this is ok. Mohammed was a murderous pedophile and if you speak ill of him or the fake phony religion we will lock you up. Europe better get its act together and remove the rot that governs them
“islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.”
Piss be upon him.
Those European countries are sold out by their ruling elites They will disappear from history - swallowed up and delivered bodily to their moslem Islamic conquerors.
No surprise there; that’s the case in other muslim regions, too.
Congratulations on being more succinct than I have been in my past posts about Islam:
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Those who worship the murderous, warmongering, pillaging, slave-capturing, butchering, pedophilic, psychotic rapist Mohammed, have a moral duty to repudiate and condemn him, or go to Hell with him.
Mohammed was Charlie Manson without the humanity, only with more money and less musical talent. Except that Charlie Manson, as far as we know, never raped any children.
And to those who respond by saying "violence has been committed in the name of all religions through the centuries," I ask: "How many people did Jesus kill? How many slaves did Jesus own? How many women did Jesus rape?"
The Five Pillars of Islam:
Murder
Slavery
Rape
Torture
War
Sorry, liberals. There's only 1 interpretation of Islam — Muhammad's
The effort to impose sharia standards on US is just getting under way.
It won’t be too long until criticizing Islam or Mad Mo will illegal here.
Muslims have no intention of assimilation but migrate to a country to conquer it.
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That is their religious obligation.
They must spread Islam to the entire earth by any means necessary.
Their “holy” writings provide instructions on how to infiltrate, agitate and subjugate.
Mad Mo made it so.
The writer is showing too much deference. He probably wouldn't write "Jesus, the Son of God" but he does write "the Prophet Muhammad", even capitalizing "Prophet".
Also, news people usually use too much deference when referring to certain cities, i.e., they'll write "in the Holy City of Qom" when they would never write, "in the Holy City of Bethlehem".
How many divisions does the EU have on standby?
The answer is none.
What the EU has is a bunch of weenie cops who can be knocked out on their fat asses at anytime the Europeans decide to deck their weakling asses.
But Europeans need to practice and understand this:
How to Throw a Punch Like a Pro Boxer
https://www.shape.com/fitness/videos/how-to-punch-pro-boxer-form
“Criticism of Islam will be criminalized here in the next few years”
That’s why islam must be criticized by each person each time someone suggests it is immune from criticism.
Free Speech must not only be defended, it must be habitually practiced in the face of incipient censorship, and at absolutely any risk.
Re-establishing Tagline.
If disparaging religious doctrines is a criminal offense then numerous atheists like Dawkins should be charged as well no?
I’d watch that video again, but I’m off to boxing class at the Y!
Europe: A bunch of people stand around waving white flags....
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