Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Caliph’s exit
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Via Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: A German court has lifted the ban on the deportation of the “Caliph of Cologne” — Kalif von Köln. Granted asylum in Germany in 1992, Metin Kaplan later proclaimed the caliphate of Cologne and was then convicted of “calling for murder” (Mordaufruf) in 2000. Since then the government has been trying to get him out of Germany.
No such luck. Until today, he’s been very successful in court. And even though the court today lifted the ban, it still indicated that deportation should not occur quickly. This means the Kalif will the opportunity to try every other court his team can think of, including the European court of human rights. He alleges he would face torture if delivered post haste to Turkey; the Turkish government has promised to be fair (I don’t know what it is he did there that makes him scared to return.) Moreover, the poor Kalif has prostate cancer and has notes from two docs saying he is not in any shape to travel. (Want to wager on that?)
It’s amazing to me how difficult it can be to deport someone who has already been convicted and spent time in jail for inciting murder. What else needs to be proved? I bet it is far easier to get asylum than it is to be kicked out. That’s an example of Western suicide.
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