From the DW:
"German court orders fines for
'Shariah police' vigilantes”
Members of a "Shariah
police" vigilante group have been handed fines for donning illegal
uniforms. The men had attempted to impose a "Shariah controlled zone"
in the western German city of Wuppertal. A German court found seven alleged
members of a self-styled "Shariah police" guilty of violating rules
on wearing uniforms after a retrial in the western city of Wuppertal. The
defendants, men aged between 27 and 37, face fines ranging from €300 to €1,800
($335 to $2,015) for violating Germany's laws against wearing uniforms. Monday's
acquittal comes at the end of a second trial for the group after Germany's
Federal Court of Justice threw out their original 2016 acquittal.
'Shariah-controlled zone'
The accused patrolled the streets
of Wuppertal in September 2014 dressed in orange vests bearing the words
"Shariah police." They handed out leaflets declaring the area a
"Shariah-controlled zone," where alcohol, music and pornography were
banned under Islam's Shariah law. The men were accused of infringing uniform
laws, but judges in the Wuppertal District Court acquitted them of the charges
in November 2016 after they determined that they was not enough proof that they
were breaking the law. However, the Federal Court of Justice, Germany's
constitutional court, overturned the acquittal and ordered a retrial in January
2018, determining that the district court had not examined the impact of the
vigilantes' actions on the public. At the time of the "Shariah police"
patrol, the men were led by Sven Lau, one of Germany's most renowned Salafi
preachers. He was himself sentenced in 2017 to a 5 1/2 year prison sentence
after being convicted of "supporting a terrorist organization" in a
separate case. Last week, a German court ordered the release of Lau, who had
been behind bars since 2015.
^ Talk about the Germans giving
these “Shariah Police” a slap on the wrist. I've seen the Germans punish parents who homeschool their children more severely than they did these religious fanatics. ^
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