Post by QPR Report on Sept 17, 2009 8:48:08 GMT
JTA - Dutch high court: Soccer chant offensive to Jews
September 16, 2009
-- The Dutch Supreme Court upheld a ruling that a soccer stadium chant is offensive to Jews.
- A supporter of The Hague soccer team ADO had appealed a lower court verdict that the chant "Hamas, Hamas, gas all the Jews," for which he was arrested in 2006 and charged with using language offensive to a particular group, was not deliberately intended to offend Jews.
- On Tuesday, the high court ruled that the chant is punishable by law because it is insulting to Jews, Dutch media reported.
- The supporter had been sentenced to 800 hours of community service and two years probation.
- The opposing team, Ajax of Amsterdam, and their supporters often are referred to as Jews because prior to World War II the city had a large Jewish population and the team had many Jewish fans.
- The chant has been banned in soccer stadiums.
jta.org/news/article/2009/09/16/1....fensive-to-jews
September 16, 2009
-- The Dutch Supreme Court upheld a ruling that a soccer stadium chant is offensive to Jews.
- A supporter of The Hague soccer team ADO had appealed a lower court verdict that the chant "Hamas, Hamas, gas all the Jews," for which he was arrested in 2006 and charged with using language offensive to a particular group, was not deliberately intended to offend Jews.
- On Tuesday, the high court ruled that the chant is punishable by law because it is insulting to Jews, Dutch media reported.
- The supporter had been sentenced to 800 hours of community service and two years probation.
- The opposing team, Ajax of Amsterdam, and their supporters often are referred to as Jews because prior to World War II the city had a large Jewish population and the team had many Jewish fans.
- The chant has been banned in soccer stadiums.
jta.org/news/article/2009/09/16/1....fensive-to-jews