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When did the truth become hate speech?

Asked by josie (30934points) November 9th, 2010

Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff faces prosecution in Austria for hate speech. She has been a public voice of concern regarding the negative influence of Islam in Europe.
Her crimes include reading verbatim from the Koran, objectively reporting on human rights abuses in the Islamic Middle East, mostly as it pertains to abuse of women, and pointing out that Mohammed had sex with Aisha bint Abu Bakr, his favorite wife, when she was nine years old.
Nothing of what Ms. Sabaditsch-Wolff says is untrue.
Yet she faces criminal charges for giving organized presentations of facts that others have reported or documented.
When did speaking the truth become a crime?

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