Well Egypt is certainly better than ISIS. They only imprison atheists and homosexuals, instead of beheading them or stoning them or throwing them off buildings. For now, anyway.
Who are RF's "resident Islamophobes" btw?
And some imprisoned who denied the holocaust, Israelophobia
Early in September 2004,
Michael Cullen, the
deputy prime minister of New Zealand, announced that Irving would not be permitted to visit the country, where he had been invited by the
National Press Club to give a series of lectures under the heading "The Problems of Writing about World War II in a Free Society". The National Press Club defended its invitation of Irving, saying that it amounted not to an endorsement of his views, but rather an opportunity to question him. A government spokeswoman said that "people who have been deported from another country are refused entry" to New Zealand. Irving rejected the ban and attempted to board a
Qantas flight for New Zealand from Los Angeles on 17 September 2004. He was not allowed on board.
[112]
On 11 November 2005, the Austrian police in the southern state of
Styria, acting under the 1989
warrant, arrested Irving. Irving pleaded guilty to the charge of "trivialising, grossly playing down and denying the Holocaust" and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in accordance with the law prohibiting National Socialist activities (officially
Verbotsgesetz, "Prohibition Statute"). After he was arrested, Irving claimed in his plea that he changed his opinions on the Holocaust, "I said that then based on my knowledge at the time, but by 1991 when I came across the
Eichmann papers, I wasn't saying that anymore and I wouldn't say that now. The Nazis did murder millions of Jews."
[113] Irving sat motionless as Liebtreu asked him if he had understood the sentence, to which he replied "I'm not sure I do" before being bundled out of the court by Austrian police. Later, Irving declared himself shocked by the severity of the sentence. He had reportedly already purchased a plane ticket home to London.
[114]
In December 2006, Irving was released from prison, and banned from ever returning to Austria.
[115] Upon Irving's arrival in the UK he reaffirmed his position, stating that he felt "no need any longer to show remorse" for his Holocaust views.
[116] Since then, Irving has continued to work as a freelance writer, despite his troubled public image. He was drawn into the controversy surrounding Bishop
Richard Williamson, who in a televised interview recorded in Germany in November 2008 denied the Holocaust took place, only to see Williamson convicted for incitement in April 2010 after refusing to pay a fine of 12,000 euros.
[117][118][119] Irving subsequently found himself beset by protesters on a book tour of the United States.
[120] Irving has actively toured the United States, lecturing to far right groups and on one occasion a knife fight broke out.
[121][122] Irving has also given lectures and tours in the UK and Europe; one tour in September 2010 which led to particular criticism included the
Treblinka death camp.
[123]
As of 2013 Irving was lecturing to small audiences at secret venues on topics like
alleged Jewish conspiracies and alleged
exaggeration of the holocaust.
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