Last but not least: Swiss advertiser in court over "Mosque Baba"
The Swiss advertising expert Alexander Segert and the FPÖ leader in Styria, Gerhard Kurzmann, have to answer for the anti-minaret game "Moschee-Baba" on October 14 in the Graz Regional Criminal Court.
Kurzmann is accused of incitement to hatred in connection with the online game. Segert developed the game. He is now co-accused. This was announced by the public prosecutor's office in Graz on Wednesday, according to SDA. The penalty for the offense of incitement to hatred is up to two years' imprisonment. In addition to punishing the two defendants, the public prosecutor's office has applied for the FPÖ Styria and the advertising agency to be fined.
"Moschee-Baba", the anti-minaret game with the title aimed to click away mosques, minarets and muezzins in order to collect points. The Styrian FPÖ developed the game together with Segert for the 2010 election campaign. He had already designed the campaign for a ban on minarets in Switzerland, which also used an internet game called "Minarett-Attack". The game served as a model for the Styrian version.
In Austria, the launch of the online game "Mosque Baba" triggered a wave of outrage. Segert himself announced that 100,000 people had taken part in the game within 48 hours. It obviously covers
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The trial has now been scheduled for one day, starting at 9.00 am.
