Four members of the Belgian Voorpost party were sentenced to six months in prison for marching in a T-shirt with the words "Stop Islamization". According to the court, the crime of incitement against the Muslim population was committed.
The Belgian prosecutor's office has never before initiated proceedings against protesters who held a peaceful demonstration, V4NA . The criminal court in Mechelen said the banner went too far by claiming that Islam rules in Flanders. According to the verdict
in possession of such signs and banners, the defendants only aim to instill fear and hatred in society, convincing onlookers of the idea that Islam will rule Flanders in the future.
Voorpost called the verdict an attack on freedom of speech and demonstration rights. According to the defendants' lawyers, they were protesting not the Islamic religion, but the rise of Sharia law and the establishment of Islamic courts.
According to the lawyer, if someone says to stop Islamization, they are not saying to stop Islam. They only wanted to express that we should stop the spread of certain Muslim customs in our society.
However, the Voorpost party drew attention to the danger of Islamization not without reason. Every second child in the city of Mechelen has an immigrant background. More than 20 percent of the population is Muslim, and the Muslim minority is growing due to high birth rates and immigration.
A third of the entire population of Belgium has an immigrant background, the largest minority being Moroccans. In Brussels, the country's capital, nearly 80 percent of the population has an immigrant background.
According to the lawyer, if someone says to stop Islamization, they are not saying to stop Islam. They only wanted to express that we should stop the spread of certain Muslim customs in our society.
However, the Voorpost party drew attention to the danger of Islamization not without reason. Every second child in the city of Mechelen has an immigrant background. More than 20 percent of the population is Muslim, and the Muslim minority is growing due to high birth rates and immigration.
A third of the entire population of Belgium has an immigrant background, the largest minority being Moroccans. In Brussels, the country's capital, nearly 80 percent of the population has an immigrant background.
According to the lawyer, if someone says to stop Islamization, they are not saying to stop Islam. They only wanted to express that we should stop the spread of certain Muslim customs in our society.
However, the Voorpost party drew attention to the danger of Islamization not without reason. Every second child in the city of Mechelen has an immigrant background. More than 20 percent of the population is Muslim, and the Muslim minority is growing due to high birth rates and immigration.
A third of the entire population of Belgium has an immigrant background, the largest minority being Moroccans. In Brussels, the country's capital, nearly 80 percent of the population has an immigrant background.
Source: V4NA , vasarnap.hu
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