This is a continuation of my Religion of Peace thread, expanded to cover not just the most violent and regressive "religion" in the history of the known universe, but its roots, causes, hopes, ambitions and methods, overt, stealth and legal jihad, its texts, dogma, shariah, dhimmitude, its hypocrisy and treatment of women, perfidy, and all other products of this hopelessly misunderstood ideology.
There we go, lots of scope for anyone wishing to contribute, and I've chosen this report to kick off as it relates to ongoing bug induced interference on another thread:
Hotelier Ben Vogelenzang cleared of insulting Muslim guest
A district judge yesterday questioned the character of a Muslim convert as he dismissed the case against husband-and-wife Christian hoteliers accused of offending her new-found religion.
Ericka Tazi, 60, who converted when she married a Muslim man, had claimed that Ben Vogelenzang, 53, had called her a terrorist and compared Muhammad to a warlord when she wore a hijab on the last day of her stay at the Bounty House Hotel in Liverpool last March. She also claimed that his wife, Sharon, 54, told her that wearing such a garment represented a form of bondage, or oppression, in a finger-pointing tirade that left her traumatised.
After a two-day trial, Richard Clancy, a district judge sitting at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, threw out the allegations of religiously aggravated threatening behaviour, suggesting that Mrs Tazi’s account could not be relied upon and that she was not quite the religious person that she presented herself as in the witness box.
The case is being seen as a victory for free speech and liberty by evangelical groups, notably the Christian Institute, which sponsored the defence costs. It is likely to cause widespread alarm in the Muslim community.
The 15-minute incident came as Mrs Tazi, who suffers from fibromyalgia, came down to breakfast at the hotel at the end of a four-week course of pain management at Aintree Hospital. She decided to wear her hijab, the traditional Islamic dress, in celebration.
Mrs Tazi, a mother from Warrington, Cheshire, claimed that Mr Vogelenzang was transformed into a “whirling dervish”, likened Muhammad to warlords down the ages and asked her: “Are you a terrorist or a murderer?”
Mr Vogelenzang denied the allegation and suggested that it was Mrs Tazi who had provoked the confrontation by stating that Jesus was a minor prophet and the Bible was not true.
Hugh Tomlinson, QC, the couple’s counsel, said that it could not be objectionable under the laws of England that a person believed that women in Islam were oppressed. Even if it was said that Muhammad was a warlord, this could not be deemed offensive.
“The fact that someone is upset or offended is not a reason for criminalising the speech used by the other person,” he said. Dismissing the case, Mr Clancy said that it was often the case that religion and politics were the tinderbox that set the whole thing alight. “It would appear that is what has happened here,” he said.
The district judge questioned Mrs Tazi’s version of events. He referred to Mrs Tazi’s conversation with an ambulance driver in which she said: “They were taking the p*** out of me.”
Mr Clancy said: “It does not quite form the same religious view that was put to me on the stand.”
Hotelier Ben Vogelenzang cleared of insulting Muslim guest - Times Online
While the outcome of this case sounds like a minor victory for common sense, it becomes a signal triumph when one considers it actually happened in the UK, even if we do not bother questioning the decision making process that allowed such a travesty to reach district court in the first place.
This next one is a fine example of double standards at play in Dhimmi UK plc, and as usual don't be shy, your comments are invited.
Taxi driver sacked after he was captured on hidden CCTV telling a pensioner: 'You die tonight'
A taxi driver has been sacked after a hidden in-car camera caught him swearing at three terrified pensioners and telling one: 'You die tonight.'
Elyas Haidari, 24, hurled abuse at the women, who were all partially sighted, and told them to 'shut up' as he took them to a day care centre.
When the pensioners tried to get out of his car, Mr Haidari, who had held a licence for seven months, refused to help them.
Mr Haidari is the first cabbie to be caught by the new 'taxicam' system employed by Southampton City Council.
He was hauled before the council's licensing committee after the women complained about his 'truly shocking' behaviour.
Council officers downloaded the footage from the camera within hours and were stunned when they heard Mr Haidari telling one passenger 'you die tonight.'
He was also heard yelling, 'shut up' during the journeys and 'get out' at the women when they reached their destination.
Councillors voted in August to make it compulsory for cameras to be fitted in all new Hackney carriages.
Mr Haidari's car was among the 150 cabs which already had a camera fitted.
Licensing committee chairman Councillor Brian Parnell said that without the camera in Mr Haidari's car, his behaviour could have gone unnoticed.
He said: 'While incidents such as this in the city are fortunately rare, it undoubtedly shows the merit of having cameras fitted to all licensed vehicles in the city.
'It is a ringing endorsement of the council's recent decision to make the fitting of cameras mandatory.'
Council licensing officers downloaded the recording from the camera within hours of the incident being reported to them.
The council praised the cooperation and response by Radio Taxis following the complaint about their driver, who was promptly dismissed.
Company chairman Clive Johnson, who has launched a legal challenge against the decision to make cameras compulsory, said: 'We were very upset and concerned about what happened.
'But we didn't need the camera evidence. We acted on the information from the statements from the three ladies.
'We supplied all the information to the police. We didn't need a camera to tell us something had gone disastrously wrong.
'We are not against cameras, we're against being forced to have them.'
The £625 cameras, which the council sells at subsidy for £250 excluding VAT and fitting, take still pictures and record continuous audio once they are triggered by a door opening.
Drivers are also able to trigger a burst of pictures if they push a panic button.
A police spokesman said an officer spoke to Mr Haidari's three passengers although no official statements were taken and they did not wish to make an official complaint.
Cabbie sacked for telling disabled pensioner 'You die tonight' | Mail Online
Let's ignore the arguments for and against cab cams, since these are not relevant to the thread, though success in this instance appears to have given way to political bluster. Whether or not there was any religious compulsion for the cabbie's outrageous behaviour, this too should be ignored.
More pertinent, is that the cabbie abused, harassed, intimidated and frightened the old ladies in his care. Now, he happens to be a muzzie, and the authorities happen to have not just the words of 3 partially sighted women but proof, thanks to the onboard cam. One should reasonably hope with this weight of evidence, even the crappiest prosecutor could carve out a conviction against this vile creature. Yet he is not being prosecuted.
Otoh, a muzzie lady triggers a prosecution of a Christian couple on the basis of her word against theirs, with no other evidence except the testimony of witnesses siding the victims. Oh yes, because the lying bitch that caused so much suffering to the couple, chose to stage controversy by becoming offended.
Now, does anyone consider it unreasonable to suspect there may a stark and shameless double standard at work here?
Any thoughts on the likelihood of a prosecution if the cabbie were an infidel and his victims muzzie?
Should we expect our resident inbreds to contribute coherently, or will they resort to the diversionary tactics by rubbishing the report because it was issued by the Mail?