BERLIN: A group of Islamists in Germany who formed a “sharia police” vigilante street patrol will face trial again after a court on Thursday overturned an earlier acquittal.The ultra-conservatives had told Muslims to stay clear of alcohol, drugs, gambling, music, pornography and prostitution in the western city of Wuppertal in September 2014.
The men wore orange vests bearing the words “Sharia Police”, leading to charges that they had broken a law banning political uniforms that aims to prevent street movements such as the early Nazi party. A district court in Wuppertal in November 2016 found that the sharia vests did not appear intimidating, noting that one witness had thought the men were part of a bachelor party. Prosecutors appealed, and the Federal Court of Justice in the city of Karlsruhe Thursday overturned the not-guilty verdicts and sent the case back to the district court.
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