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Excitement about Antonio Rüdiger before the 2024 European Championship. The German national player and the DFB are taking action against Julian Reichelt.
It's about a photo from Ramadan.
Berlin – National player Antonio Rüdiger and the German Football Association (DFB) are taking legal action against Julian Reichelt.
As the SID confirmed from both sides, Rüdiger filed a criminal complaint with the Berlin public prosecutor's office, and the DFB also reported the case to the Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) of the Frankfurt/Main Public Prosecutor's Office.
Rüdiger and DFB file a criminal complaint against Julian Reichelt
National player Rüdiger and the DFB are taking legal action against former “Bild” editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt.
Rüdiger feels vilified and slandered by Reichelt's criticism of a photo he published on Instagram at the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, reports the German Press Agency (dpa).
The Real Madrid football professional has therefore filed a criminal complaint with the Berlin public prosecutor's office, and the association has reported the matter to the Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) of the Frankfurt/Main Public Prosecutor's Office.
In his post on March 11, the practicing Muslim Rüdiger posted a photo of himself in a white robe on a prayer mat.
The index finger of his right hand points to the sky.
“May the Almighty accept our fasting and our prayers,” wrote Rüdiger as a greeting to Ramadan.
In Reichelt's opinion, Rüdiger made an Islamist gesture by raising his index finger.
Rüdiger and DFB take action against Julian Reichelt
The Rüdiger management and the DFB confirmed the advertisements to the dpa.
“Bild” first reported.
The German Press Agency has received the criminal complaint against Reichelt.
The complaint is about insult or slander, inflammatory insult and sedition.
Rüdiger himself did not want to comment on the matter.
Reichelt stuck to his assessment of Rüdiger's gesture on Monday evening and also explained on
(...) What Antonio Rüdiger and the DFB are using here are intimidation methods.”
National player Antonio Rüdiger takes action against Julian Reichelt.
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BMI classifies Rüdiger's gesture
According to Bild
, the Federal Ministry of the Interior explained that
, from its point of view, the raised finger “should be understood as a confession of faith and should therefore be classified as unproblematic with regard to public safety.
This applies regardless of the fact that Islamist groups appropriate this symbol and misuse it for their own purposes.”
In certain contexts, pointing the finger could be seen as a sign of Salafist or Islamist radicalization if actors consciously use this ambiguity.
“This depends on the individual case consideration,” the ministry continued.
(ck/sid/dpa)