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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?"

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To: marshmallow

Why in God’s name did we fight for these peoples freedom over 70 years ago? For what?


21 posted on 10/27/2018 11:24:18 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: marshmallow

Normal civilized people do NOT marry children. Barbarians and criminal perverts do. Simply saying that this is unacceptable in a civilized society is not hate speech.
-—I just con’t see where Liberals here or in Europe make allowances for such barbaric behavior. Yet they do.
Further Liberals want to punish normal people who say this is wrong.

Realize that this is normalizing sexual crimes against children...and it won’t stop with muslims.

Are Liberals really so blind that they cannot see the consequences of what this will bring?
-—Or do they willingly embrace this evil into our midst?

seeing what is happening in the EU, I cannot justify bring in violent, 3rd world barbarians into our country.


22 posted on 10/28/2018 7:09:05 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: Ouderkirk
That is a pedophile, not the perfect man.

I think you missed the gist of my post. Since you are not ALLOWED to call him a pedophile, you describe his pedophilic behavior and then say he isn’t one, in a purpisefully unconvincing manner.
23 posted on 10/28/2018 7:20:04 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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