{"id":55488,"date":"2018-08-29T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T09:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nzp.de\/?p=55488"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:25:35","slug":"recruiting-for-isis-no-criminal-penalty-misguided-youths-or-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzp.de\/hun\/recruiting-for-isis-no-criminal-penalty-misguided-youths-or-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting for ISIS = No Criminal Penalty: Misguided Youths or Terrorists?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht<\/em>) of Celle recently refrained from imposing a criminal sentence on a 23-year-old member (or prospective member) of ISIS (the so-called Islamic State).<\/p>\n

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Although the court found the young man guilty of attempting to recruit members for the terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State, it did not impose a sentence because, under the principles of juvenile criminal law, such a measure was not considered permissible in this case.<\/p>\n

According to the court, the defendant did exhibit harmful tendencies in the criminal-law sense, but these were not sufficient to justify the imposition of a criminal penalty.<\/p>\n

The defendant was tried under the rules applicable to juvenile offenders, as his intellectual and emotional development was deemed comparable to that of a juvenile.<\/p>\n

The young man operated a WhatsApp group called “Allahu Akhbar”, which had approximately 50 members. Within this group, he encouraged participants to join the terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n

In the proceedings, the court ordered a two-year probationary period. If this period is completed successfully, the imposition of a criminal sentence may be permanently waived.<\/p>\n

What is your opinion on the case?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Celle recently refrained from imposing a criminal sentence on a 23-year-old member (or prospective member) of ISIS (the so-called Islamic State). Although the court found the young man guilty of attempting to recruit members for the terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State, it did not impose a sentence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":55489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t