German nationwide staff defender Antonio Rudiger and the German Football Federation (DFB) have taken authorized motion in opposition to a journalist who made disparaging remarks on-line relating to a submit from Rudiger at first of the Muslim fasting interval of Ramadan.
Rudiger, a working towards Muslim, shared a photograph of himself in a white gown on a prayer mat on March 11 on Instagram, accompanied by the caption, “May the almighty accept our fasting and prayers.”
Journalist Julian Reichelt claimed on X on Sunday that Rudiger’s gesture of elevating his index finger was an “Islamist” image.
This prompted Rudiger and the DFB to file a legal grievance on Monday for alleged insult or defamation, incitement to offend, and incitement to hatred.
Rudiger’s administration and the DFB confirmed the grievance to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), filed on Monday with the Berlin prosecutor’s workplace by Rudiger and with the Central Unit for the Suppression of Internet Crime (ZIT) in Frankfurt by the DFB.
Reichelt maintained his view in one other X submit late on Monday and insisted: “Even and especially because it is about a popular national player, you can’t allow yourself to be intimidated … What Antonio Rudiger and the DFB are using here are methods of intimidation.”
Germany’s Interior Ministry was quoted by Bild, which first reported on the case, as saying that Rudiger’s gesture “is to be understood as a occupation of religion and may due to this fact be categorized as unproblematic when it comes to public security.
“This applies regardless of the fact that … groups are appropriating this symbol and misusing it for their own purposes.”
The ministry added that elevating the finger could possibly be seen as an indication of Salafism or conservative spiritual image in sure contexts if actors intentionally make use of this ambiguity.
“It depends on the individual case,” the ministry mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com