UK: Three Muslim men convicted over gay hate leaflets
23 Jan 2012Three Muslim men have been convicted of inciting hatred on the grounds of sexuality, in the first conviction of its type in the UK. Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed were found guilty of breaching hate crime legislation after handing out a series of leaflets calling for gay people to be killed. The leaflets saying Death Penalty? God Abhors You, and Turn or Burn, were distributed outside a mosque in Derby in 2010, and were also posted through letterboxes nearby. The CPS said it had established that the leaflets were not only insulting and abusive, but also that they had been distributed with intent to stir up hatred.
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