It seems as though in Austria, the popular yodel is an insult to Muslims.
An Austrian court has recently fined a citizen for yodeling while mowing his lawn, according to a report in The Kronen Zeitung newspaper.
The citizen, 63-year-old Helmut G., was told by the court that his yodeling offended his next-door Muslim neighbors, who accused him of trying to mock and imitate the call of the Muezzin.
In Muslim tradition, the Muezzin is the chosen person at a mosque who leads the call to prayer at Friday services and the five daily times for prayer from one of the mosque's minarets.
The yodel is a song which is sung with an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch and makes a high-low-high-low sound. Developed in the Central Alps as a method of communication between alpine mountaineers or between alpine villages, the yodel later became part of the region's traditional lore and musical expression. The technique is used in many cultures throughout the world and Austria is one of the countries where it is most popular.
Unfortunately for Helmut G., his neighbors were in the middle of a prayer when he started to yodel. The Kronen Zeitung reported that he was fined 800 Euros after judges ruled that he could have tried to offend his neighbors and ridicule their belief.
Helmut G. clarified that “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.”
(Source- INN)
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lock and load friends , I don't know if I should shoot the muslims or the judge , maybe both!
ReplyDeleteFine the Muslims next door for offending him five times a day with their call to prayer!
ReplyDeleteWTF?????????
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
im getting so tired of these rag heads.
ReplyDeleteAt what point do we stop catering to these people. If we don't stand up soon, it will be to late. I doubt that they would care if they were offending us on our own land. Another double standered and I'm getting very tired of it.
ReplyDeletegive them ear plugs!
ReplyDeleteAll together now, Yooodelaaaheee hooooo. Now judge stick that in your robe.
ReplyDelete11:42 the filthy Muslims need a stick of dynamite for each ear.
ReplyDeletetough....
ReplyDeleteAllah is not my God, Mohammed is not my prophet and Sharia is not my law.
ReplyDelete"so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else."