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Germany: “Sharia police” to face trial

May 5, 2016 1:18 pm By Robert Spencer

This is odd. Why are they going to try these men? If someone in Germany were to, say, draw Muhammad, the German state authorities would act as Sharia police — so why trouble these men? They should be giving the regular police training for how to enforce Sharia in the Germany of the future.

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“‘Sharia police’ who patrolled German city of Wuppertal in orange vests to face trial,” by Kate Brady, DW, May 3, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A German court has ruled that a group of Islamic extremists who patrolled the streets of Wuppertal in orange vests, bearing the words “Sharia police” can be tried. A Wuppertal district court had dismissed the case.

Düsseldorf state court said on Tuesday that eight of the nine accused men can face trial on the grounds of “violating laws against wearing uniforms with political messages.”

The decision overturned a ruling by Wuppertal district court last December, in which the judge said the behavior of accused Islamist preacher Sven Lau did not amount to a “criminal violation of the ban on uniforms.” The decision sparked controversy in Germany and led to an appeal by prosecutors. The latest ruling by the Court of Appeal cannot be overturned.

Lau, who is widely regarded as a leading figure in the German Salafist scene, was also indicted by federal prosecutors last month on suspicion of supporting a terror group linked to the self-declared “Islamic State” (IS) in Syria.

The Salafists, who are all aged between 24 and 35, first made headlines in September 2014 after they patrolled the streets of Wuppertal, in Germany’s western industrial Ruhr region, in an attempt to enforce a strict interpretation of Islam.

Wearing orange vests, emblazoned with the words “Shariah police,” the defendants allegedly demanded people at nightclubs stop drinking alcohol and listening to music.

The bearded fundamentalists were also observed calling for an end to gambling as they carried notices, in English, declaring a “Sharia Controlled Zone.”

At the time of the reports, German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented that no one had the right to do the police’s work for them….

Apparently she did not say that Sharia police were at variance with German values.

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  1. ICH says

    May 5, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    And not a single ruffian chose to stop these turds in their tracks.
    No longer is Europe tough.
    These are not the same breed of people as the heroes ( and or villains ) in WW2

    • DFD says

      May 6, 2016 at 5:25 am

      To ICH:

      Since the 5th Mai 2010 there’s practically a news blackout in Germany.

      In Bad Godesberg a bloody battle was fought on that date, 27 policemen severely injured, some required OPs. See: http://www.pi-news.net/2016/05/in-memoriam-islam-terror-in-bad-godesberg/#more-513831

      It’s in German, you’ll need the translator app.

      Counter attacks are simply **NOT** reported in the mainstream media, or Lugenpresse (Lying press). Asylum centers (invasoren nester / invader nests) are burning practically daily or are being flooded; same effect. Despite these being under police protection, protection? Hmh, mostly. In 2015 the number of policemen and women resigned: 70,000! Usually job-disatisfaction or simply in protest.

      The firs 9mm sub machine gun counterattack was earlier this, I believe it was in Chemnitz.

      Despite the blackout, news occasionally ‘gets through’. Though, that usually takes a bit of time – like Cologne. And then gets *heavily, severely* edited. You have to read between the lines. We Euros are by now very skillful at this.

      Of course, most readers and peoples generally don’t comprehend the fundamental, primary or real issue. It’s the old fight of left vs. right.

      Have a look, not Berlin – Weimar 1920’s, Berlin FRG 2016!
      =============================================

      https://youtu.be/X0PctLVBBPY

      Anything like that in the US? ….chirp….chirp…

      Before you write us off and tell us about being tough, may I suggest you have at least
      ONE PEACEFUL (hmhhm…) PEGIDA MARCH **ONLY** ONCE A YEAR IN THE US. Just one.

      If you get onto your streets, that would be a step in the right direction.

      Also, badmouthing each other is not a good idea. Watching each others backs and supporting one another is far, far more constructive, helpful and appropriate.

      It may have not occurred to you, but we are all in the same boat, and are attacked by the same enemy. You must have heard of a house divided; the same is true for a civilization divided. Please think about this.

  2. IQ al Rassooli says

    May 5, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    European ‘men’ were very tough and macho on peaceful Jews but turn into mice when confronted by even more aggressive Muslims!

    After all, there has been no retaliation by German males regarding rape and or molestation of over 1200 German women

    As Trump always says: Sad! Very sad!

    IQ al Rassooli
    Kafir & Proud!

    • DFD says

      May 6, 2016 at 4:48 am

      Bullocks!
      =======

      • Bob says

        May 6, 2016 at 10:50 am

        Very well put, Sir!! You choose your words well!

  3. Panmelia says

    May 5, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    Clearly, Wuppertal district court is PC, tolerant of religious bullies and useless. Let’s hope the state court comes down hard on these yobs.

    It’s useful, in a way, to see what’s going on with these mudslime fanatics, because it acts as a warning about the kind of thing to come if these nutters ever get a toehold on power. They should be deported from Europe for life, as should anyone practising or supporting or enforcing sharia law. Deported to where? some might ask, supposing the sharia-loving idiots were born in Germany. Who cares? Any mudslime country would do.

  4. JW5 says

    May 5, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    I really fear for the future of the west, and long for our once proud past. For what seems like decades now, people like Mr. Spencer and others have been imploring the world to engage in talks and begin an inquiry into this problem. Sadly, we refuse to even state that Sharia stands, in many cases as it is, diametrically opposed to spirit of liberty, and, moreover, that there can be no western society with parallel societies within.

    Themselves, via their actions and words, when honest, the dissidents/invaders in quite overt methods display the inherent opposition to our laws in favor of Sharia as they are commanded to. Nothing like putting on orange vests to prove it!

    However, my repeated and varying letters to the editor and opinion articles go unpublished, and my calls to my representatives are not returned.

    Under the myth of multiculturalism and the mentally sick shroud of political correctness, we await an exponentially bloodier fate worldwide, because conversation, it appears, ti just too painful.

  5. common sense says

    May 5, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    “Stop drinking and listening to music” in Germany. Losers of life, prisoners of their own mid, bound to lose again and again.
    I can easily identify these sharia filth with those vests. Promoting hate and suppression of our freedoms. We will defend ourselves.

  6. linnte says

    May 5, 2016 at 2:21 pm

    And people still hold signs saying “Migrants Welcome”. SMH!

    • DFD says

      May 6, 2016 at 5:45 am

      Hi Linnte,

      A bit of good news: You are being misinformed, manipulated. 🙂

      Those sign waving pictures are mostly old, and even if not, endlessly repeated all over the enemedia (thanks Pam Geller, nice and correct term). There are many, many more signs being waved, saying the exact opposite and more than that, in no uncertain terms. Of course, all of these (if shown at all) are Nazis, far right, racists etc.

      There’s hope, and a lot. Think about this, the AfD (Alternative fur Deutschland) is currently the only party in the entire west (! from Lithuania to Hawaii !) that wants to demolish all minaretts, prohibit new ones, prohibit muezzin calls, etc. And investigate in the constitutional courts if Islam is constitutional or anti constitutional. They advocate the use of firearms at the border. The party is only 3 years old, and third in place! Given the way pollsters operate, their ranking has to be higher. Consider: Before the German super Sunday, the pollsters predicted 5% at best, essentially saying: ‘Not worth voting for’. Result, 20% to 25%, in one Bundesland (federal country) they put the CDU into second place…

      So, CHEER UP!

      • aaron mrand says

        May 6, 2016 at 8:01 pm

        we have friends from Germany who come here to the usa once a year. we tell them to stay
        but they reply that immigration to the usa is very difficult from Germany and in some cases
        not allowed….I suppose that they are right…why would they lie? I am told by our friends that
        where they live there are almost no muslim immigrants there but most are concentrated around
        the major cities. I am now an old man. I remember the ww2, korea, etc, and served during
        Vietnam,etc…my blood runs hot when I hear what the bastard muslims are doing to people
        in Europe…and I do NOT understand why the men of Europe have not as a body risen up
        and pushed the miuslim invaders out of Europe and established a “no go zone” between the
        muslims and Europe…..what is required for the European male to engage the invading
        muslim horde with the weaponry necessary to CRUSH their plans for domination of Europe
        under sharia? Damn the PCorrectness and get off your ass and take care of business with
        these muslim invaders….It would be better to die defending my home and family from those
        who would destroy them than EVER give in to PC and a government who dosent care who
        they rule as long as it isn’t themselves……!!!!!

  7. miriamrove says

    May 5, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    How the h… were they allowed to form this in the first place? M

  8. jayell says

    May 5, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    “The bearded fundamentalists were also observed calling for an end to gambling as they carried notices, in English, declaring a “Sharia Controlled Zone.”…..

    That’s effectively usurping the power of the democratically-elected State. Which is surely Treason. Do they still execute people for Treason in Germany?

  9. Michael Copeland says

    May 5, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    The “strict interpretation of Islam” is Mohammed’s.
    Here is a guide:
    “Kill” mens kill.
    “Cut off” means cut off.
    “Stone” means stone.
    “What you right hands possess” means slaves.

  10. Jay Boo says

    May 5, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    I wonder if those orange vests were bought at Target.
    Every time I look at them I get an image of the Target logo.

    • Carolyne says

      May 6, 2016 at 5:36 pm

      They were likely bought at Target and tried on in the ladies’ dressing room.

  11. Angemon says

    May 5, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    European nations need to make local variations of the “American Laws for American Courts” act. Then an “European Laws for European Union” act.

    • DFD says

      May 6, 2016 at 5:48 am

      Hi Angemon,

      Agreed, 100+%!

  12. Lizzy says

    May 5, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    Sharia police but not so ‘devout’ that they pose in Western clothes apart from the far right chap who has put on a frock over his cut offs.

  13. Hope says

    May 5, 2016 at 7:21 pm

    Two comments:

    First, these idiots were only charged with violating a ban on uniforms? How about punishing them for trying to subvert German law by imposing a system of foreign law on German citizens?

    Second, it’s too bad the people drinking the alcohol at the nightclubs didn’t haul off and beat the crap out of these losers.

  14. Jay Boo says

    May 5, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    9 things Germans do to appease muslims

    • David M says

      May 6, 2016 at 6:09 am

      That bitch politician in the beginning is everything wrong with western society, she should be thrown in the deepest prison in Germany.

  15. Guest says

    May 5, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    Finally, get these freaks off the streets

  16. gravenimage says

    May 5, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    Germany: “Sharia police” to face trial
    ……………….

    Well, it’s something.

    • DFD says

      May 6, 2016 at 5:50 am

      Hi Graven,

      It’ll get better, see my reply above to Linnte.

  17. vcragain says

    May 6, 2016 at 6:10 am

    This is just a first little attempt to take over….if they had been ignored, treated with tolerance this would simply be the first in a long plan of pushing the boundaries and forcing the West into their concept of society. I feel the danger, I am in the US and I feel the danger ! There is no longer any time to wonder how to ‘accommodate’ this culture…Islam=submission, their extremists want only submission…..”severe puke” is my reaction to this.
    Maybe the answer for America is to pass new laws that anyone attempting to use religion to modify laws, should be expelled from the country. I cannot see how this ‘creep’ of Islam could happen here, but the fact that is IS happening in Europe tells me ‘time to get ready’.

    • vcragain says

      May 6, 2016 at 6:23 am

      Just wanted to say one thing that has been bothering me for the longest time – in considering Western freedoms, it gives us no advantage in always showing the very worst of western females as a comparison to their rather beautiful covered girls with gorgeous eyes – why do those using these images think that these ‘tarty’ western females with overflowing boobs and swigging beer represent western women in general – BECAUSE THEY DO NOT !!! it makes me very angry…if you want to contrast one with the other then use an image of a nicely dressed normal western girl that you would feel good about introducing to your mother, not a ‘tart’ – that image is what is feeding into the hysteria in Muslim heads but it does not represent the majority of western ideas and norms AT ALL !!!!!!!

  18. David M says

    May 6, 2016 at 6:12 am

    Minister of Justice run out of town by angry Germans. Well done Germany, now do it in every town, & run that traitor Merkel out too.

  19. Baucent says

    May 6, 2016 at 6:28 am

    What is more remarkable is that these five dunces didn’t find themselves at the receiving end of a beating by young German men in leather.

  20. Cameron says

    May 6, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Surely impersonating law enforcement officers should result in jail time.

  21. Clare Lopez says

    May 6, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    What’s even weirder is that German Muslims, patrolling a German city, where everybody speaks German, wore vests with “Shariah Police” written in English.

  22. Kasey says

    May 7, 2016 at 8:03 am

    Did She also say that there was no place for any sharia laws anywhere in Germany or Europe?
    Bte she didn’t!

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