POPULAR Finnish politician and blogger Jussi Halla-aho has fallen foul of Finland’s archaic blasphemy laws by claiming that the “prophet” Mohammed was a paedophile.

The Eurabia blog revealed at the weekend that the Helsinki city councilman was charged in the Helsinki district court with blasphemy, and incitement of an ethnic group, and ordered to stand trial for publishing the “slur”.

According to the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Jorme Kalske:

Halla-aho had uploaded to the Internet and submitted writings to the general public, in which Islam and its sacred institutions were combined with paedophilia â€¦

Reacting to the conviction of far-right Finnish activitist Seppo Lehto – who was sentenced last year to two years and four months imprisonment for “gross defamation” of Islam, incitement against an ethnic group and for blasphemy -Halla-aho deliberately posted his “Mo was a kiddy-fiddler” remarks to provoke State prosecutor Mika Illman.

You can see Lehto in action here.

Halla-aho pointed out on his blog that the “filth” created by Lehto did indeed constitute “gross defamation, but:

Nobody has ever been sentenced for two years and four months for these kind of crimes. I don’t blame Mika Illman, he is obviously a man worthy of his last name, who does what he thinks he is supposed to do, but those district courts that have lamely given Mika everything he dares to ask have a reason to be ashamed of themselves.

He added: