En østriger har ifølge en rapport fået en bøde for at jodle mens han slog sit græs. Kronen Zeitung hævder, at Helmut G af en domstol i Graz, Styria, blev fortalt, at hans jodlen fornærmede hans muslimske naboer.
Muslimerne rapporters angiveligt at have anklaget den 63 årige for at have prøvet at håne eller imitere deres kald til Muezzin. Avisen skriver, at han fik en bøde på 800 Euro efter en dommer havde afgjort, at han kunne have prøvet at fornærme dem eller latterliggøre deres tro. Muslimerne, vis nationaliteter ikke blev afsløret i rapporten, var midt i en bøn, da østrigeren begyndte at jodle.
"Det var ikke min hensigt at fornærme dem. Jeg begyndte simpelthen at jodle nogle melodier, fordi jeg var i så godt humør", siger manden til avisen.
http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2010-11-29/28753/Yodelling_offends_praying_Muslims,_say_judges
29. 11. 10. - 20:00
Yodelling offends praying Muslims, say judges
An Austrian has been fined for yodelling while mowing his lawn, according to a report.
The Kronen Zeitung newspaper claims Helmut G. was told by a court in Graz, Styria, that his yodelling offended his next-door Muslim neighbours.
The men reportedly accused the 63-year-old of having tried to mock and imitate the call of the Muezzin. The daily paper writes the Austrian was fined 800 Euros after judges ruled he could have tried to offend them and ridicule their belief. The Muslims, whose nationalities were not revealed by the report, were right in the middle of a prayer when the Austrian started to yodel.
"It was not my intention to imitate or insult them. I simply started to yodel a few tunes because I was in such a good mood" the man told the newspaper today (Mon).
Austrian Times