From SwissInfo, "Controversial Muslim scholar wins in court," with thanks to Fjordman.
A controversial Muslim scholar who was fired from his teaching job after publicly defending death by stoning has won a second victory in a Geneva court.However, the cantonal authorities responded by saying Hani Ramadan, who is also director of Geneva's Islamic Centre, would not be reinstated.
It was the second time the courts have ruled in Ramadan's favour, saying that his dismissal was unfair and demanding that the cantonal government recognise Ramadan's status as a public servant and resume paying his salary.
He was dismissed by the cantonal authorities in 2003 a few months after making his remarks in the French newspaper Le Monde.
In the article, the imam defended death by stoning for adultery as set out in Islamic Sharia law. Ramadan also said that believers were protected from being infected with Aids.
Last year, the appeals board had already said that Ramadan was still a public servant, but the government refused to budge and went one step further a few months later by cutting off his salary...
An investigation into the affair commissioned by the Geneva authorities found that his role as a religious representative was incompatible with his status as a teacher in a state school...
"The government's attitude has been to not negotiate until now," [Ramadan's lawyer] said. "And so far we have had no indication there will be a change of heart."
any relation to Tarek Ramadan?
So much for Womans rights as long as Islam lives,a second class citizen; Progress has no hope, what with professors and Iman's who still believe in Sharia law, the rest of the civilized has developed laws of Humanity whilst Islam continues to deny basic human needs, the end of this will be the end of Islam PERIOD.
The Swiss courts sound about as useless an many in the U.S.
It was a judge in America, in the days before 9/11 who refused to allow the FBI to hack into "the 20th hijacker" Zacharia Moussaui's computer to see if he was planning terrorist acts.
That worked out real well. Thanks Judge!
Got to follow all of the fine points of the law so that the terrorists' rights aren't hindered in their pursuit of the destruction of said laws.
Hang tough Switzerland!
(The jihadists especially hate your flag.)
Some people in Geneva are ready to stop sending their kids to school if Hani Ramadan is reinstated.
I posted a comment (in French) about the issue on my site yesterday: http://www.ajm.ch/#hani
Not dhimmi, not any bit.
I thought the Islamic Prophet Jesus, put a stop to stoning when he said something about only the sinless casting the first stones...Guess the only prophet muslims pay attention to is Mohammad...
"any relation to Tarek Ramadan?"
From ajm's website
Le frère de Tariq, Hani, l'homme pour qui «l'injonction divine» prévue par la charia
Which I think, bearing in mind that my French is terrible, means The brother of Tariq, Hani, the man for whom Sharia is a divine command...etc. So the answer is yes.
I think I prefer the Pirana Brothers.
Dinsdale....Dinsdale....
enoughisenough and Granny Weatherwax:
Yes, Hani Ramadan is definitely the brother of Brother Tariq.
The Center that Hani directs successfully prevented a performance of Voltaire's "Mahomet" in Switzerland in the mid-1990s after alleging that it was "offensive" to muslims. The Center was also implicated in money transfers to terrorist organizations, publishing radical literature, etc.
Granny Weatherwax:
'think I prefer the Pirana Brothers.
Dinsdale....Dinsdale.... '
Do you have an 1984-style Telescreen linked to my flat??
My two cats are called Doug and Dinsdale, named after the wonderful Pirhana brothers in the sketch. (For non-Python-fans, a spoof documentary on the Kray twins.)
Dinsdale is actually a girl cat. Doug uses a combination of violence, sarcasm, hyper-bowl, litotes and satire...
Help, I'm being watched by a giant hedghog called George Galloway.
By the way, anyone see those pix of Saddam in his undies? If Gorgeous George salutes his indefatigability, does he stand to attention?
Oh that someone would tie Gruesome George to the back of the tank and take him for a quick scrape round to Dinsdale's place, to nail his head to the floor.
Warning, this is British black humour, not a hate post
Did you know he wants to twin Bethnal Green with Jenin and fly the Palestinian Flag over the borough? And whatsmore he knows how to treat a female impersonator.
Last month i was in Geneva, has it ever dawned to Swiss about the reprecussions of their gals marrying Muslim men. Many swiss girls have african muslim boyfriends, man i am not an opponent of inter racial relationships but once u marry a Muslim u fall prey to this cult of madness...
'And whatsmore he knows how to treat a female impersonator'
That's 'cos he is one. That bulge in his undies isn't real, you know, it's the hidden 'weapon of mass destruction', ineffective of course becaue he hasn't got the delivery system.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005230454,00.html
Sorry, confusing Gorgeous and Saddam there - easily done.