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Judge dismisses charges against Muslim man who attacked atheist dressed as ‘Zombie Muhammad’ The Daily Caller - Fri, Feb 24, 2012

A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed charges against a Muslim man who physically attacked an atheist dressed as “Zombie Muhammad” during the Mechanicsburg, Pa. Halloween parade.

Talaag Elbayomy, a 46-year-old Muslim man, allegedly attacked Ernest Perce V, who was dressed as “Zombie Muhammad” and walking with a man dressed as “Zombie Pope” during the October parade. Both men were members of the Parading Atheists of Central Pennsylvania.

During the attack Elbayomy reportedly attempted to take Perce’s “Muhammed of Islam” sign and choked him. Zombie Pope was uninjured.

“He grabbed me, choked me from the back, and spun me around to try to get my sign off that was wrapped around my neck,” explained Perce to ABC 27.

Judge Mark Martin threw out a grainy video of the attack and explained that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict Elbayomy of the harassment charge.

Martin further dressed down Perce for his insensitive behavior, going so far as to call him a doofus and telling him that in Muslim societies he could have been put to death for mocking Muhammad.

“Having had the benefit of having spent over 2 and a half years in predominantly Muslim countries I think I know a little bit about the faith of Islam,” Martin said. “In fact I have a copy of the Koran here and I challenge you sir to show me where it says in the Koran that Mohammad arose and walked among the dead. I think you misinterpreted things. Before you start mocking someone else’s religion you may want to find out a little bit more about it. It makes you look like a doofus… In many Arabic speaking countries something like this is definitely against the law there. In their society in fact it can be punishable by death and it frequently is in their society.”

Sgt. Brian Curtis handled the incident aftermath. Curtis explained that Elbayomy admitted to grabbing Perce that October night.

“I believe that I brought a case that showed proof beyond a reasonable doubt and the case was dismissed,” Curtis told ABC 27. “I was disappointed.”

Perce was disappointed by the decision as well.

“He let a man who is Muslim, because of his preference of his culture and his way of life, walk free from an attack,” Perce said.

According to ABC 27, Elbayomy thought it was a crime to depict Muhammad and had joined Perce in calling police.

Probably would have been a hate crime if the mooselem had been attacked.

To bad the atheist wasn't ghey.

Idiot seeks shock value, but doesn't foresee be confrontation? I don't absolve the attacker, but that is the real story here- not the dismissal due to a determination there was insufficient evidence.

Yeah.
And besides. That girl was wearing a sexy dress, so she obviously wanted to be raped.

Halloween parade? Doesn't that mean gay?

Curious what would have happened if a Catholic had attacked the guy dressed as Zombie Pope? Somehow I don't see that case being dismissed.

The principle that religion should not influence court cases seems to only matter when the religion is something that the person disagrees with. If it is their religion the majority applaud the decision.

Any judge that brings in their religious beliefs or bigotry into adjudicating should get off the bench. This includes judges that sentence the person to go to church or ruling the 10 commandments should be in public places.

Sentence a person to go to church? Is this real?

As for the 10 commandments, you need to differentiate from ruling to remove them, and ruling to allow them during new construction.

Removing them would be akin to removing virtually every monument we have in public places, because somebody, somewhere, somehow and in someway might possibly be offended.
America was not founded on the basis to "not offend".

It's happened.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/alabama-town-forces-criminals-to-go-to-church-to-avoid-jail/



I'm talking about people like Judge Moore who tried to install a monument in an already established court house. I wouldn't want a judge using or posting sharia law or the torah either.