Zurich cantonal court has upheld the conviction handed down one year ago to a Muslim preacher who worked at a Winterthur mosque,accused of spreading hate and inciting violence. The Ethiopian faces a suspended sentence and deportation. The Zurich court on Friday rejected an appeal and confirmed final year’s verdict against the unnamed man by a district court: a suspended sentence of 18 months and 10-year deportation from Switzerland. The trial on Friday was far from protracted: the 26-year-faded defendant, appealing the conviction handed him in November 2017, or declined to elaborate on the accusations,saying that he had already told authorities everything necessary. Within half an hour, the questioning was finished, or the Ethiopian man had denied the charges – charges that included delivering a hate-speech-filled sermon in October 2016,propagating Islamic State violence, and working without a permit. Specifically, or the imam called,during his sermon at the now-defunct An’Nur ...
Source: swissinfo.ch