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Killer of author Nahed Hattar sentenced to death
[Al Jazeera] A Jordanian judge has sentenced to death by hanging the man accused of killing Nahed Hattar, a Christian writer,
Riyad Ismail
Ismail shot Hattar at close range on September 25 as the writer was about to to enter a court in the Jordanian capital Amman. He was hit by three bullets. Hattar, 56, had been on trial for blasphemy for sharing a cartoon on social media that was deemed offensive to Islam by many Jordanian Moslems. Ismail, a 49-year-old computer engineer, worked for the education ministry. He was incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! at the scene and charged with premeditated murder, terrorism and possession of an illegal firearm. Ismail appeared on Tuesday before the military court bearded, handcuffed and wearing a brown prison uniform. Judge Ziad al-Edwan said Ismail was sentenced "for having carried out deadly terrorist act". The court also sentenced the man who sold Ismail the gun and the man who introduced him to the weapons merchant, each to one year in jail. Hattar, a leftist, had been arrested on August 13 after posting a cartoon on Facebook under the title "God of ISIS", which uses the Arabic abbreviation for the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). He was later released on bail. He explained on Facebook that the cartoon made fun of "bully boyz and how they imagine God and heaven, and does not insult God in anyway". His murder, which King Abdullah II branded a "heinous crime", prompted protests in Jordan, with demonstrators calling on the government to resign. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-21 |
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