A broad
alliance of grass-roots movements have gone to the prosecutors of
several states to hinder the dissemination of the Quran. According
to the indictment, the Quran is not just a religious and historic
book, but also a political book, which is incompatible with the
constitution.
Berlin
At the prosecutor's office at Gorch-Forck-Wall 15 in Hamburg, an
unusual letter was received Monday morning, containing an
indictment filed this weekend. The indictment targeted the Quran,
charging that the holy book of the Moslems, according to the
accuser, is incompatible with the German constitution.
"Support Denmark!"
The accuser is "Bundesverband der B-rgerbewegungen (BVB)", which
concerns itself with, in its own words, "defending basic rights
and freedoms" against Islam. The extensive international furore,
allegedly caused by the Muhammed cartoons, has made clear the
relevancy of the alliance. Its homepage is decorated with a Danish
flag with the words "Support Denmark! Defend the Free World."
superimposed on it.
The indictment has been filed in several states, including
Hamburg, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern and probably
more.
In several talk-shows on German TV, conservative politicians have
pointed out that the Quran is incompatible with the German
constitution. The Turkish-born writer Serap Cileli said on January
29 this year that "the Quran must be considered a historic
document. It is not compatible with our constitution and Human
Rights."
Now the alliance wants the matter tried at the courts.
Potent Political Book
The author of the indictment in Hamburg, Jutta Starke, says that
the Quran was reported to the police two or three years ago, but
that the report was dismissed on the grounds that it was a book of
only historical interest.
"The events of the last months have made clear that the Quran
isn't just a historical book, but very much a potent political
book, a thing which we document extensively in the indictment,"
Jutta Starke says.
She says it is a task of sisyphean dimensions to inform the media,
politicians and churches of the true intentions of Islam in the
enlightened world of the West.
"We are grateful to Jyllands-Posten that discussions about Islam
have now become possible," says Jutta Starke.
"You suffer for all of Europe and that's why we find it indecent
that Europe hasn't loudly, in unison, taken a stand for Freedom of
Speech against the laws of the Quran."
The indictment consists of five pieces of paper and a number of
appendices. The indictment says that it is not against Islam's
spiritual message, but against the judicial and political message.
The decisive count of the indictment "is in the Quran's status
vis-a-vis the Federal Republic of Germany's constitution". In the
appendices to the indictment, 200 points have been listed "where
the Quran is against and claims itself above the constitution."
The Quran has an Answer to
Everything
It is pointed out that the Quran to Moslems is the end all, be all
in matters of faith, in matters of society and state and in the
discourse with people of different views. The Quran says that it
is the words of Allah. According to the views of several,
including leading, Moslems in Germany, it is literally and
absolutely true at all time and in all places, the indictment
says.
The newly elected German-born chairman of the Moslem Central
Council of German, Ayyub Axel Khler, is quoted in the indictment:
"A constitution after the principle of the division of powers into
the legislative, the executive and the judicial powers, is nowhere
to be found in the Islamic theory of the State. From an Islamic
viewpoint, this is obvious, since the laws - the laws of God - in
the form of sharia, are already made and thus no legislative power
is needed, in that sense of the word. Only Allah is the
legislative power."
Muslim Chancellor
A prominent Moslem, Ibrahim El-Zayat, is quoted as saying that he
thinks it is possible that "the Federal Chancellor in 2020 is a
Moslem, born and raised in Germany, that the Federal Supreme Court
has a Moslem judge, and that a Moslem representative will be on
the Federal Radio/TV Council to secure the Moslem citizens'
constitutionally guaranteed rights."
"This land is our land and it is our duty to make positive
changes. With the help of Allah, we will make it a paradise on
Earth, by making available the Islamic ummah (ED: Islamic
community) and all of mankind. Allah doesn't change the situation
of a people till the people have changed the situation," El-Zayad
is quoted as saying.
Violence against the Infidels
The indictment is against the 200 verses of 114 suras (ED:
chapters) of the Quran that are not compatible with the
constitution, including demagoguery, incitement to murder, murder
and mutilation, war, acceptance of thievery against infidels,
meaning all non-Moslems. Verses are also pointed out where the
equal rights of men and women are not upheld and where people of
different faiths are oppressed.
Example: "The unbelievers
among the People of the Book (Jews and Christians): They are the
vilest of all creatures." (Sura 98:6)
According to the indictment that paragraph violates Article 4 of
the Constitution and Paragraph 166 of the Penal Code.
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March 7 report from Denmark's Jyllands-Posten
http://www.jp.dk/indland/artikel:aid=3599524:fid=11364/
http://agora.blogsome.com/2006/03/08/the-quran-reported-to-the-police/