An IS terrorist (20) came up with a really original excuse when he had to answer for terrorist organisation at the Vienna Regional Court. He only wanted to eat cake with his Muslim friends for Eid – the breaking of the fast after Ramadan. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
An IS terrorist (20) had to stand trial today at the Vienna Regional Criminal Court on charges of terrorist association. The teenager, who was aged 17 at the time, had been involved with the radical Islamist terrorist militia “Islamic State” in 2019. He shared a total of 22 chats with radical Islamist content in various WhatsApp groups. He also exchanged information with people who had direct contact with the later assassin of Vienna, who killed four people in the city centre of Vienna on November 2, 2020.
In addition, the accused held a meeting with like-minded people in his parents’ flat in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna. There they listened to and sang songs about cutting off the heads of unbelievers.
“We like to listen to music” – The lyrics were about cutting off the heads of unbelievers
All not so draconian, according to the accused. In reality, everything is said to have been quite harmless. He had merely met with friends for the so-called Eid, the breaking of the fast Eid al-Fitr after the month of Ramadan. “The intention was to eat cake and tiramisu,” the man said in his defence.
Regarding the radical Islamist songs, he said: “We just listened to it because we like to listen to music. He denied that he had taken an oath of allegiance to the IS in the course of the feast.
Both parties accepted the sentence
He was not convicted of that either. In the end, the man, who has since turned away from the IS due to his own research, got away with 15 months in prison. The threat of punishment was five years. He would have served 18 months, but three of them were waived due to the long duration of the proceedings. Both the prosecution and the defendant accepted the sentence.
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