Austrian far-right parliamentarian Susanne Winter was convicted Thursday of incitement because of her anti-Muslim statements, including the claim that Islam's prophet Mohammed was a pedophile. A court in Winter's home town of Graz also found the 51-year-old politician guilty of humiliating a religion. She was sentenced to a fine of 24,000 euros (31,000 dollars) euros and a … [Read more...] about Austrian far-right legislator convicted of anti-Muslim incitement
Susanne Winter
Austrian right-wing politician found guilty of insulting Muslims
Vienna - A youth leader of the Austrian right-wing Freedom Party was found guilty Monday of inciting religious hatred against Muslims, and received a suspended prison sentence. As the leader of the Freedom Party's youth organization in Graz, Michael Winter, 20, had suggested in a newsletter last year that that Turkish Muslims were in the habit of committing bestiality. The … [Read more...] about Austrian right-wing politician found guilty of insulting Muslims
Death threat against FPÖ politician justifies her attack on Islam
FP_ General Secretary Harald Vilimsky said Wednesday that the Islamic death threat against Graz FP_ politician Susanne Winter had justified her Sunday attack on Islam. Winter had claimed at the FP_'s New Year's meeting in Graz six days before the municipal election there that the prophet Mohammed had been "a child molester" and written the Koran during "epileptic fits." A death … [Read more...] about Death threat against FPÖ politician justifies her attack on Islam
Video Threat After Austrian Politician’s Anti-Islam Comments
A video containing an unspecified threat to Austria was posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube on Tuesday following anti-Islamic remarks by a hitherto unknown far-right Austrian politician. Police said they were still evaluating the video, but had offered the Graz- based activist, Susanne Winter, personal protection after she denounced Islam's prophet and Muslim men in … [Read more...] about Video Threat After Austrian Politician’s Anti-Islam Comments