Winter joins the Geert Wilders club of silenced European pols and pundits. She faces a two year sentence.
Austrian far-right parliamentarian Susanne Winter was convicted
Thursday of incitement because of her anti-Muslim statements, including
the claim that Islam's prophet Mohammed was a paedophile. A court in
Winter's home town of Graz also found the 51-year-old politician guilty
of humiliating a religion. She was sentenced to a fine of 24,000 euros
(31,000 dollars) euros and a suspended prison term of three months,
Austrian news agency APA reported.
Winter is probably referring to this hadith.
Tabari VII:7
"The
Prophet married Aisha in Mecca three years before the Hijrah, after the
death of Khadija. At the time she was six."
The marriage was consummated when Aisha was 9 years old.
The politician, who took a seat in parliament last fall for the Freedom Party (FPOe), made the anti-Islamic remarks in January 2008.
She also proposed in a discussion with students that Muslim men should commit bestiality rather than making "indecent advances" on girls.
OK, not a smart thing to say, let's hope it was sarcastic.
The politician had pleaded innocent Thursday, claiming that she "did not want to insult anyone, but only to point out problems."
The verdict is not yet legally binding.
