Update, 2/26/12, "Hundreds of threats for assault victim in case dismissed by Quran-minded judge," Daily Caller, Pamela Geller
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Acquitted Muslim immigrant 'didn't know' assault was illegal and besides wanted to be an example to his 9 yr. old son. US Sharia Judge: "This is why we are referred to as ugly Americans, because we are so concerned about our own rights we don’t care about other people’s rights."
2/26/12, "An American ‘Kadi’ in Pennsylvania’s Court," Andrew Bostom, Big Peace
"Fast forward six months to the unabashed sharia-compliant, Islamic blasphemy law-based “decision” of American convert to Islam, and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Magisterial District Judge Mark Martin. The proceedings were in fact “surreal”, as summarized by blogger Al Stefannelli, and captured on audio. Simply put, Judge Martin chose to abandon his required fidelity to the constitutional law of the US and instead behaved as dutiful pious Muslim Kadi, albeit in a Pennsylvania state court....
The Pennsylvania State Director of American Atheists, Inc., Mr. Ernest Perce V., was assaulted by a Muslim while participating in a Halloween parade. Along with a Zombie Pope, Ernest was costumed as Zombie Muhammad. The assault was caught on video, the Muslim man admitted to his crime and charges were filed in what should have been an open-and-shut case. That’s not what happened, though.
The defendant is an immigrant and claims he did not know his actions were illegal, or that it was legal in this country to represent Muhammad in any form. To add insult to injury, he also testified that his 9 year old son was present, and the man said he felt he needed to show his young son that he was willing to fight for his Prophet.
The case went to trial, and as circumstances would dictate, Judge Mark Martin is also a Muslim. What transpired next was surreal. The Judge not only ruled in favor of the defendant, but called Mr. Perce a name and told him that if he were in a Muslim country, he’d be put to death. Judge Martin’s comments included,
“... Before you start mocking someone else’s religion you may want to find out a little bit more about it it makes you look like a dufus and Mr. (Defendant) is correct. In many Arabic speaking countries something like this is definitely against the law there. In their society in fact it can be punishable by death and it frequently is in their society.”
Judge Martin then offered a lesson in Islam, stating,
“Islam is not just a religion, it’s their culture, their culture. It’s their very essence their very being....
Judge Martin further complicates the issue by not only abrogating the First Amendment, but completely misunderstanding it when he said,
“Then what you have done is you have completely trashed their essence, their being. They find it very very very offensive. I’m a Muslim, I find it offensive. But you have that right, but you’re way outside your boundaries or first amendment rights. This is what, and I said I spent about 7 and a half years living in other countries. when we go to other countries it’s not uncommon for people to refer to us as ugly Americans this is why we are referred to as ugly Americans, because we are so concerned about our own rights we don’t care about other people’s rights as long as we get our say but we don’t care about the other people’s say”
But wait, it gets worse. The Judge refused to allow the video into evidence, and then said,
“All that aside I’ve got here basically.. I don’t want to say he said she said but I’ve got two sides of the story that are in conflict with each other.”...
Therefore I am going to dismiss the charge”....
Just below is Stefanelli’s apt synopsis of the full 36 minute 52 second res ipsa loquitur audio."...
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