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Calling Prophet Muhammad a Pedophile Does Not Fall Within Freedom of Speech: European Court
Deutsche Welle ^ | 10/26/18

Posted on 10/27/2018 4:32:33 PM PDT by marshmallow

The ECHR ruled against an Austrian woman who claimed calling the Prophet Muhammad a pedophile was protected by free speech. The applicant claimed she was contributing to public debate.

An Austrian woman's conviction for calling the Prophet Muhammad a pedophile did not violate her freedom of speech, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.

The Strasbourg-based ECHR ruled that Austrian courts carefully balanced the applicant's "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."

The woman in 2009 held two seminars entitled "Basic Information on Islam," during which she likened Muhammad's marriage to a six-year-old girl, Aisha, to pedophilia.

Limits of free speech

The marriage according to Islamic tradition was consummated when Aisha was nine and Muhammad was around 50. Aisha was the daughter of Muhammad's best friend and the first caliph, Abu Bakr.

The court cited the Austrian women stating during the seminar that Muhammad "liked to do it with children" and "... A 56-year-old and a six-year-old? ... What do we call it, if it is not pedophilia?"

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
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1 posted on 10/27/2018 4:32:33 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Well then, I guess you would simply have to say, “a man who personally penetrated 10 year olds but would NOT be considered a pedophile, despite that”.


2 posted on 10/27/2018 4:36:14 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: marshmallow

Does giving the middle finger to a European Court count as free speech?


3 posted on 10/27/2018 4:37:22 PM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: marshmallow
Uh, yewww and freeDUHm of speech? They don't mix. Well unless you're a moose limb. Then everything is 👌🏻 A-otay!
4 posted on 10/27/2018 4:41:09 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: marshmallow

Muhammad: “My wife called me a pedophile. I told her that was a pretty big word for an eight year old.”


5 posted on 10/27/2018 4:41:09 PM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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To: marshmallow

The prophet Muhammad formerly known as a pedophile.


6 posted on 10/27/2018 4:41:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I understand the differences in time and all that...but Mad Mo was 56 and Aiesha was 9 at the time he deflowered her.

That is a pedophile, not the perfect man.


7 posted on 10/27/2018 4:44:12 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: marshmallow
The prophet Muhammad

Piss be upon him.

8 posted on 10/27/2018 4:44:43 PM PDT by windsorknot
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9 posted on 10/27/2018 4:50:19 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: marshmallow

This is ridiculous.

I’ve come to the conclusion that these fascist EU elites are too damn wimpy and stupid to mount any kind of strategical defense against a determined attacker. Yes, I’m addressing that statement towards European patriots.

Go to your grandparents’ houses and dig out all those WWII weapons stashed in basements and closets and use them.

Next, raid the armories throughout the EU and grab what you need. The EU pigs find weapons icky and have left them unguarded. Choose what you need and use them.

If that’s enough weaponry, go to Eastern Europe and buy what you need. Eastern Europe is an arms smuggler paradise where you can buy mortars, machineguns, RPGs and whatever the hell else you need.

Now go take your countries back from these soy-boy wimps.


10 posted on 10/27/2018 4:58:05 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: marshmallow

Islam has done to Europe what Hitler could not.


11 posted on 10/27/2018 5:13:05 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: marshmallow

So what if it is the Suni arabs who brag he was a pedophile?
Effing morons


12 posted on 10/27/2018 5:13:55 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: marshmallow

The European Court must be made up of Pedophiles.


13 posted on 10/27/2018 5:20:16 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: StoneRainbow68
Does giving the middle finger to a European Court count as free speech?

How about two middle fingers, given 25 times? Do you think that would get their attention?

14 posted on 10/27/2018 5:23:36 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: marshmallow

I am not saying he was a pedophile.

He would have had to have sex with a 9 year old girl, or something like that.

Oh, wait ...

Never mind.


15 posted on 10/27/2018 5:47:44 PM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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Need to change the wording to....No Freedom of Speech


16 posted on 10/27/2018 5:51:56 PM PDT by ssfromla (I am the Mouth)
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To: marshmallow

Europe has surrendered to Islam.


17 posted on 10/27/2018 5:52:55 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: StoneRainbow68

The middle finger counts everywhere.


18 posted on 10/27/2018 6:05:21 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: marshmallow

He was a pedophile. Today speaking the truth is a crime!


19 posted on 10/27/2018 8:41:07 PM PDT by cpdiii (Cane Cutter, Deckhand,Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: eyeamok

It would be a courageous billboard if it was actually true. However, it has all the earmarks of a Photoshop. Perhaps if such a billboard did have those words, it would have certainly been torched by the intolerant ones.


20 posted on 10/27/2018 9:59:30 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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