AOctober Contact Learn with usUseful resourcesProductsServicesconsultantBLOGSCollaborate with us Untitled design Shari Article summary What exactly happened The reasons of the Austrian courts can be reduced to the following ideas Subject of the referral to the court Violation of Article of the ECHR. The reasoning of the European Court of Human Rights Decision Newsletter You receive the most digestible legal doses every week directly in your Inbox Email Email ECtHR Case ES v. Austriainsulting the Prophet Muhammad ware Constitutional right European jurisprudence minutes Andrada Mocanu November Recently more precisely on October the.
European Court of Human Rights ruled on freedom of expression Country Email List and the limits that this right has. A certain Mrs. ES of Austrian origin appeared before the court who claimed that her right contained in Article of the European Convention on Human Rights had been violated . What exactly happened In October and November Mrs. S. held two seminars entitled Basic information about Islam in which she raised the issue of the morality of the idolatization of the Prophet Muhammad by followers of the Islamic religion in the context in which he at the age of years ago he married a yearold girl named Aisha the marriage ceremony between the two being finalized with the maintenance of sexual relations.
These seminars were intended not only for were intended for the general public especially young voters. During these seminars issues related to the Islamic religion were discussed and in this context one of the participants an undercover journalist notified the police about some remarks made by Ms. S. The factual circumstances were investigated and the prosecutors office established that Mrs. S. should be sentenced for denigrating religious doctrines to pay a fine of euros and she would also bear the court costs . Ms. S. appealed the sentence handed down by the regional court. The Court.