Helmut Griese fined for yodeling when his Muslim neighbors prayed
December 17th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattGraz, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Helmut Griese has been fined for tormenting his Muslim neighbors with his yodeling when the latter were praying. It ought to be mentioned that yodeling is a song, which is sung on a very high note. And the other astonishing thing about yodeling is that it is sung in a low and high pitch alternately. And so if someone yodels when nearby a person is concentrating on his prayers, then it is certainly a irritating and a distracting experience.
Helmut is 63 years old and is said to be a very grumpy old man by his neighbors. He has been fined 700 pounds for yodeling and disturbing the prayers of his Muslim neighbors.
His Muslim neighbors said that his yodeling was a ‘racist attack’ on them as they felt that he was trying to make fun of the call of the Muezzin. However Helmut said in his defense that he didn’t mean to insult anyone at all and he was just yodeling because he was in a good mood. According to the Daily Mail, he said that, “It was not my intention to imitate or insult them. I simply started to yodel a few tunes because I was in such a good mood.”
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