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Romanian Muslim Two

 

Charge:

Animal Cruelty

Sentence:

"€4,600 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Italy

County or Region of Crime:

Genoa

City of Crime:

Val Bisagno

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Two Muslim men were convicted of animal cruelty for cutting the throat of a goat in the street, and then while it was still conscious hanging it upside down to bleed to death, in Val Bisagno, Genoa, Italy in 2014. The animal was killed during the Islamic celebration of Eid al-Adha, an annual celebration during which an animal is sacrificed to commemorate the prophet Abraham. According to the Koran Abraham was asked to murder his own son, Isaac, at God's command, but as he was about to do so, an angel appeared and told him to stop. It was a test of Abraham’s faith to follow God's will. The two men were fined €4,600. The two men, Romanian travellers (Gypsies), appealed. In May 2016 the appeals court in Genoa overturned the men's conviction, with Judge Mauro Amisano writing that animal cruelty charges “presume the lack of any valid motive which renders the cruelty abject and futile.” Judge Amisano wrote that the men had a valid motive because it was part of a religious festival and had been carried out according to longstanding tradition. The judge also noted that, “As part of a religious practice, one can assume the men did not expose the animal to any additional suffering. It cannot be considered illegal because it is a practice which is permitted by the freedom of religious expression.""

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"In May 2016 the appeals court in Genoa overturned the men's conviction, with Judge Mauro Amisano writing that animal cruelty charges “presume the lack of any valid motive which renders the cruelty abject and futile.” Judge Amisano wrote that the men had a valid motive because it was part of a religious festival and had been carried out according to longstanding tradition. The judge also noted that, “As part of a religious practice, one can assume the men did not expose the animal to any additional suffering. It cannot be considered illegal because it is a practice which is permitted by the freedom of religious expression.""

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Italian court absolves two men over public goat slaughter, By Matteo Indice (for La Stampa), thelocal.it, May 9, 2016"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thelocal.it/20160509/italian-court-absolves-two-muslims-fined-over-public-goat-slaughter

Information Source 2:

"Capretto sgozzato in strada: assolti due rom musulmani, Per i giudici il rito religioso prevale sulla crudeltà verso gli animali, By Matteo Indice La Stampa (Italia), May 9, 2016"

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http://www.lastampa.it/2016/05/09/italia/cronache/crudelt-sugli-animali-assolti-due-macellai-musulmani-xnGpJAN46vAEPz7OcGjUxL/pagina.html

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