Comedian given jail sentence for anti-Semitism

Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala has been sentenced to two months in jail by a Belgian court for racist and anti-Semitic comments he made during a show in Belgium. Dieudonne was also fined $9,500 by the court in the city of Liege. He was not in court. The comedian, who insists he is not […]

Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala has been sentenced to two months in jail by a Belgian court for racist and anti-Semitic comments he made during a show in Belgium.
Dieudonne was also fined $9,500 by the court in the city of Liege. He was not in court.
The comedian, who insists he is not anti-Semitic, made the remarks during a show in Liege in 2012. He has several convictions for anti-Semitism and hate speech.
Dieudonne rose to prominence through the invention of the “quenelle”, a hand gesture critics have likened to an inverted Nazi salute.
Several French cities have banned the comedian from performing.