Scorpions - Drummer Arrested For Insulting Islam In Dubai
According to reports from The National, the drummer James Kottak of the German band Scorpions could spend a month in jail after he was convicted on Tuesday morning of insulting Islam, flashing his middle finger at Muslim passengers at an airport and consuming alcohol. Kottak admits he had been drinking but denies the insults. The band already released a statement about the matter as well.
American James Kottak, 51, said he had drunk five glasses of wine on a flight from Moscow to Dubai. He was to transit to Bahrain on a Gulf Air flight to perform at the country's Formula One grand Prix on April 5th when the incident happened at about 11pm on April 3rd. The rocker was with a friend when he said he took a wrong turn and entered the transit hall. "We wanted to wait for the rest of our friends but, mistakenly, ended up at the transit hall," Kottak told police. There he was arrested for being drunk and after that he was reportedly seen getting angry and swearing.
At the sight of Pakistani and Muslim passengers, witnesses said Kottak started swearing and talking about "non-educated Muslims" before he flashed his middle finger at passengers. Police said he also lowered his trousers and showed people his behind.
An officer said he heard the drummer saying "what is this disgusting smell" before he insulted Islam. "I didn't see anything else but I heard him. I then informed my supervisor, who came and took the defendant away." Police said in records that when he lowered his trousers he was asking people to touch his behind.
"I don't remember saying these words and I did not flash my middle finger," Kottak said to prosecutors. When asked about taking down his trousers, he said "this is not true ? I just lifted my shirt up to show the tattoo on my back" as a "spontaneous act".
"There is no way that I would say such a phrase about Muslims, whether I was drunk or not," he told police. "I confess to drinking alcohol but I refuse the other two charges, I did not do them."
At Dubai Court of Misdemeanours on Tuesday, his lawyer said that his client was innocent and that the witnesses must be misunderstood. "Their testimonies are contradictory, your honour," said Hamid Al Khazraji.
However, the drummer from Scorpions was sentenced to one month in jail and he was also fined 2,000 dirhams (approximately $545) for drinking alcohol without a licence. He has been in custody since April 3rd and will be released as soon as the time spent in detention will be deducted from his sentence.
Meanwhile, Scorpions have also released a statement about this situation: "Dear fans, when James Kottak arrived in Dubai at 3 April, he ran into problems at immigration and got busted. Whatever happened is totally out of our control and we don't know any details about it at this point. For the concerts in Germany, Johan Franzon, a Swedish drummer, will take James seat. Please understand, we keep you posted, Scorpions."
American James Kottak, 51, said he had drunk five glasses of wine on a flight from Moscow to Dubai. He was to transit to Bahrain on a Gulf Air flight to perform at the country's Formula One grand Prix on April 5th when the incident happened at about 11pm on April 3rd. The rocker was with a friend when he said he took a wrong turn and entered the transit hall. "We wanted to wait for the rest of our friends but, mistakenly, ended up at the transit hall," Kottak told police. There he was arrested for being drunk and after that he was reportedly seen getting angry and swearing.
At the sight of Pakistani and Muslim passengers, witnesses said Kottak started swearing and talking about "non-educated Muslims" before he flashed his middle finger at passengers. Police said he also lowered his trousers and showed people his behind.
An officer said he heard the drummer saying "what is this disgusting smell" before he insulted Islam. "I didn't see anything else but I heard him. I then informed my supervisor, who came and took the defendant away." Police said in records that when he lowered his trousers he was asking people to touch his behind.
"I don't remember saying these words and I did not flash my middle finger," Kottak said to prosecutors. When asked about taking down his trousers, he said "this is not true ? I just lifted my shirt up to show the tattoo on my back" as a "spontaneous act".
"There is no way that I would say such a phrase about Muslims, whether I was drunk or not," he told police. "I confess to drinking alcohol but I refuse the other two charges, I did not do them."
At Dubai Court of Misdemeanours on Tuesday, his lawyer said that his client was innocent and that the witnesses must be misunderstood. "Their testimonies are contradictory, your honour," said Hamid Al Khazraji.
However, the drummer from Scorpions was sentenced to one month in jail and he was also fined 2,000 dirhams (approximately $545) for drinking alcohol without a licence. He has been in custody since April 3rd and will be released as soon as the time spent in detention will be deducted from his sentence.
Courtesy of the band's website
Meanwhile, Scorpions have also released a statement about this situation: "Dear fans, when James Kottak arrived in Dubai at 3 April, he ran into problems at immigration and got busted. Whatever happened is totally out of our control and we don't know any details about it at this point. For the concerts in Germany, Johan Franzon, a Swedish drummer, will take James seat. Please understand, we keep you posted, Scorpions."
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| Cynic Metalhead Paisa Vich Nasha Posts: 6971  |
Hilarity at its peak.
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| AssToMouthKiller Posts: 4 |
He should get an award for that. If I say that it is wrong to be allowed to marry 9 year old girls, would that too be an insult on Islam? Don´t think so. Scorpions for the win! 
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| moonflash Posts: 116  |
Misleading and provocative title to an article that's really about drunk and disorderly behaviour at an airport.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61305  |
Why ppl go to such shitholes, why all sporting events are in shitholes what can happen in FIFA WC ....europian hooligans united there, LOL .. EU must let smoking comercioals on everywher.... why if we inuslt islam (well I might sound rasistic, but no I am not) we are bad, when they came here insult christianity, and they dont get arrested and deported? they burn bible, we are well... we make movie about muhhamed and 1th animal, all world are fucked, get education,drink beer, get sex, watch porn, do wha we do ..,.. not nuks but education are weapon on mass destreuction. whe you insult europan same way in the pub, ehh nothing, when goes whit muslim ... its biggest crime, OMG as Hitler crimes aganst himanity ... its getting pathetic..... sich idiotism is reason why WP parties are rising in he Europe, what is same shit as islamists .... well but well I cante xpect any kind understanding from religuse ppl-... Europias need diplomatic imunity when enter in such places.... but wait, best way not go an dignore... go to Jamaica, drink guinnes, listen regee and smoke weed and do chic whit shakimg titties ....
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| Nefarious Doom Knight Staff Posts: 5548  |
Written by Bad English on 30.04.2014 at 15:24 I've lived in Dubai, on & off, for over 20 years so speaking from experience I can tell you it's certainly not a shithole. As moonflash stated above, it's more to do with drunk & disorderly conduct than anything else. I'm fairly confident that if you got really drunk & started staggering around inside an airport racially abusing people while shouting, swearing, flashing & just generally being a dick, you'd get arrested no matter what country you were in 
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61305 |
Written by Nefarious on 30.04.2014 at 16:03 Dubai wont be shit hole if it would be 100% atheistic....besids only rich man can go there....and thats not a point, I dobt mind be arrested in NY, but arrested for insulting muslim as religuse person , I am aganst , if it would be insult it as person .... I would not mind, but point is , muslims can do such shit here, we do some normal europian think there its a crime ... drunk ppl in aiports misses ne off I have seebn one who was scraching his dick, ass and eating those shit from the nouse whit sane hand wehat he was scarcing a asshole, but he felt asleep, well Iw ont care if he be what so ever.. but this case I do .... same I would if its be in name of any religuon ....
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687  |
Yay he just nominate himself for dick list 
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| FYA Destroyer Posts: 827  |
Written by King Bonzo on 30.04.2014 at 14:11 It's true. I don't see insult here;p
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| Karlabos Meat and Potatos Posts: 5658  |
Written by ANGEL REAPER on 30.04.2014 at 17:12 What about the guy who stabbed The Slot's vocalist?
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687 |
Written by Karlabos on 30.04.2014 at 18:44 well he will get honorable mention ...but this is way more dick-ish
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Written by ANGEL REAPER on 30.04.2014 at 21:43 ...It's more dick-ish to be a drunk ass than it is to try to kill someone? I hope there's some joking/trolling going on here and I'm just missing it.
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687 |
Written by -Morbid- on 01.05.2014 at 01:44 well the potential murderer might be psychiatric patient or just sick which might mean he is murderer but not necessarily a dick... this here is just being dick ... btw in case you were wondering this is the dick list we were mentioning : http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=3163 we can discuss dicks there
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| Karlabos Meat and Potatos Posts: 5658 |
^Even though I kinda agree with this comment I must state that I'm pretty sure it's against the rules of posting...
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
Sweet arm sleeves, bro. I'd arrest him just for those.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
"I don't remember saying these words and I did not flash my middle finger" Of course you don't, you were probably too tilted to remember, ya dingbat. I dislike the rigid, oppresive dogma of Islam as much as the next guy, but at the same time, this guy should've known where the fuck he was at. Most Middle Eastern nations don't take too kindly (pardon the understatement) to insults against their little Mohammedan cult, and have plenty of legislation in place to deal with the people who speak up against it. Know your environment.
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| Mad Arab666 Posts: 299  |
This escalated quickly lol. Better get out here before my brain turns to mush. 
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| Lethrokai Posts: 507  |
I really don't want to do this, but can people here calm it down with the anti-Islam bs? It just bugs me when people assume all Islamic people are religious nutjobs who only care about underage marriage and bombing shit. Either way, the guy was arrested for doing illegal stuff. That's all people need to know. Just stop trying to make this into another reason to start stupid religious flame wars.
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| King Bonzo Posts: 220 |
Written by [user id=109200] on 01.05.2014 at 23:33 ......wut?
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| King Bonzo Posts: 220 |
Written by [user id=109200] on 02.05.2014 at 01:54 But your response made no sense, it wasn't even clear what point you were trying to make. Something about hats? Feel free to try again. Also if asking if something can be both true and an insult pigeonholes an entire religion, then said religion is in dire straits.
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