The French High Court has overruled a lower court decision and decided that humorist Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala slurred Jews in January 2002. In an interview with a newspaper, he was quoted as saying, "Racism was created by Abraham. The 'Chosen People' [is] the beginning of racism. Muslims today are just answering back."
He also stated that "anti-Semitism does not exist because the Jews do not exist.... In my opinion, the Jews are a sect, a rip-off."
A lower court has decided that the remarks were aimed against the influence of religion and not against Jews, but the High Court ruled in favor of Jewish groups who appealed the decision.
He also stated that "anti-Semitism does not exist because the Jews do not exist.... In my opinion, the Jews are a sect, a rip-off."
A lower court has decided that the remarks were aimed against the influence of religion and not against Jews, but the High Court ruled in favor of Jewish groups who appealed the decision.