Fined for anti-Muslim Images

ANTI-MUSLIM IMAGES BRING A FINE -


Man who posted them in St. Cloud will fight the decision.

BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune, 1/23/10


Setting the stage for a showdown over free speech rights, a resident of Waite Park, Minn., plans to fight St. Cloud officials' decision to fine him for posting offensive anti-Muslim cartoons last month…

The cartoons, discovered Dec. 8, depicted images such as the Prophet Mohammed engaged in bestiality and sodomy, as well as an Islamic crescent with a swastika inside it. They were posted in front of a mosque and a Somali-owned store.

The city's complaint states that the cartoons "were placed in high-pedestrian traffic areas and were placed to target local Muslim citizens. The posters were designed to harass, and they had that effect." (More)


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David Unze, St. Cloud times, 1/23/10

A Waite Park man who posted anti-Muslim cartoons in several St. Cloud locations has been cited with violating a city ordinance that prohibits posting materials on fixtures. Each of the two civil charges carry a maximum fine of $250. (More)