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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-24-06 03:55 PM
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German court convicts man for insulting Islam (Reuters)
From article:

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 service, a district court in the western German town of Luedinghausen ruled.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/wl_nm/crime_religion_germany_dc_2

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SillyGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-24-06 04:19 PM
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1. Apparently they have laws prohibiting this kind of thing....
~ snip ~ The maximum sentence for insulting religious beliefs under the German criminal code is three years in prison.

While I don't agree with criminalizing an insult to religious beliefs, he apparently did violate one of their laws.

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