According to a decision by the Dutch supreme court, insulting Islam does not automate offense to all Muslims. The court’s decision is of great importance for approaching the criminal case against Geert Wilders. The verdict by the court concerned a man who hung a poster in his window saying “stop the tumor called Islam.” A…
BERLIN – A Turkish lobby group said yesterday it has filed a criminal complaint against a German newspaper for printing a series of blasphemous Danish cartoons last month. It said the complaint was filed with prosecutors in the northern city of Cologne, charging the daily Die Welt with violating Germany’s criminal code by printing 12…
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – A German court on Thursday convicted a businessman of insulting Islam by printing the word “Koran” on toilet paper and offering it to mosques. The 61-year-old man, identified only as Manfred van H., was given a one-year jail sentence, suspended for five years, and ordered to complete 300 hours of community…
