George Plimpton
2017-08-18 22:46:52 UTC
COPENHAGEN, Denmark Danish prosecutors have charged a 49-year-old imam
for making public remarks against gays, whom he compared to pedophiles.
Prosecutor Jan Reckendorff says the unidentified imam violated Denmarks
penal code in interviews in June 2016 following the attack at Orlandos
Pulse gay nightclub, where 49 people were shot dead. Many Muslims consider
homosexuality to be sinful.
Reckendorff said Friday the remarks were so rough that a court of law
must now decide whether Danish law has been violated.
No date for a trial was immediately set.
The imam faces a fine or up to two years in jail if found guilty of making
comments deemed threatening, insulting or degrading to a group of persons
because of their race, color, national or ethnic origin, belief or sexual
orientation.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/denmark-charges-imam-comparing-
gays-pedophiles-n793821
for making public remarks against gays, whom he compared to pedophiles.
Prosecutor Jan Reckendorff says the unidentified imam violated Denmarks
penal code in interviews in June 2016 following the attack at Orlandos
Pulse gay nightclub, where 49 people were shot dead. Many Muslims consider
homosexuality to be sinful.
Reckendorff said Friday the remarks were so rough that a court of law
must now decide whether Danish law has been violated.
No date for a trial was immediately set.
The imam faces a fine or up to two years in jail if found guilty of making
comments deemed threatening, insulting or degrading to a group of persons
because of their race, color, national or ethnic origin, belief or sexual
orientation.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/denmark-charges-imam-comparing-
gays-pedophiles-n793821