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TEHRAN, January 12 -Germany’s top court has tossed out a lower court’s ruling that found a group of uniformed German Salafists, who wandered the streets of a suburban town telling residents to abide by the strict Muslim code, in line with the law.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Germany’s top court has tossed out a lower court’s ruling that found a group of uniformed German Salafists, who wandered the streets of a suburban town telling residents to abide by the strict Muslim code, in line with the law.
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that the lower court did not taken into account how the vigilantes’ actions affected the public of the western German town of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, and ordered a retrial of the group acquitted in November 2016.
Seven members of the self-styled “Sharia police” were initially charged under the law prohibiting the wearing of uniforms to express political beliefs. However, the Wuppertal court ruled that the men did nothing wrong, stating that the orange vests they were wearing during their controversial raids in September 2014 were not “suggestively militant” or “intimidating
During the raids, the group encouraged Wuppertal revelers to refrain from drinking alcohol, listening to music and gambling, as these actions are outlawed under the ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam that they follow. Their actions sparked outrage across Germany. Justice Minister Heiko Mass spoke out against an apparent attempt at establishing parallel justice, while Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned that “Sharia is not tolerated on German soil.”
The court’s decision to clear the group of any wrongdoing drew the anger of the local population and police alike. Head of the German Police Union (DPolG) Rainer Wendt at the time called the acquittal“an unbelievable and devastating signal” that makes German police feel “completely failed” by the justice system.
The group was led by German Salafist convert and Islamist preacher Sven Lau, who is currently serving a five and a half year jail sentence he was handed last July for aiding the terrorist group Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, or JAMWA, which pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and was previously affiliated with the ISIS.
Source: RT
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