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Austrian far-right legislator convicted of anti-Muslim incitement
by DPA
Earth Times
January 22, 2009
https://www.legal-project.org/278/austrian-far-right-legislator-convicted-of-anti
Excerpt:
Vienna - 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 paedophile. 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 suspended prison term of three months, Austrian news agency APA reported.
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