Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="ex-muslim Ahmed" data-source="post: 12802615" data-attributes="member: 179431"><img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/press_contacts/2003/02/24/faisal128.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal                                        A Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal, was today convicted of  soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred, in the first prosecution  of its kind in Britain.The Old Bailey jury found El-Faisal guilty of  three charges relating to inciting racial hatred as well as three  charges of soliciting murder. He was remanded in custody for sentencing  on March 7. El-Faisal had denied five charges of soliciting the  murder of non-believers, Jews, Americans and Hindus, and four charges  relating to inciting racial hatred. The ground-breaking trial was  the first prosecution of a Muslim cleric in Britain. It was also the  first time potential jurors were banned from sitting on the jury because  of their religion. The judge agreed to a defence plea not to allow  Jewish and Hindu jurors - but in the end none came forward. It  was also the first time in more than 100 years that anyone had been  charged under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act of soliciting  murder without a specific victim.<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/feb/24/race.world" target="_blank">LINK</a></blockquote>

Top Bottom