Unnamed 55-year-old faces up to 10 years in prison over translation of controversial book

 

 The Czechs don't tippy-toe around the issues !!!!! [clipper]

 

Prague, April 26 (ČTK) — The Czech police have accused the editor of a book on Islam of promoting a movement suppressing human rights and freedoms after a raid in two Prague centers of the Islamic Foundation on Friday, Pavel Hanták, spokesman for the police unit fighting organized crime (ÚOOZ), told ČTK today.

The suspect is a 55-year-old man who has Czech citizenship. He had the controversial book translated to Czech and he provided for its publishing and distribution.

The man may end up in prison for up to 10 years.

Within the raid, about 20 people were questioned and several of them may be expelled from the country.

Hanták said the police decided not to release the name of the book because they do not want to advertise it in this way.

The book allegedly spreads racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia and violence against "inferior" races, he said.

[Prague Post]