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| Jordanian Preacher Held over YouTube Video |
| 2016-06-15 |
| [An Nahar] A preacher who posted an online video criticizing Jordan's participation in the coalition battling 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.... group in Iraq and Syria was tossed in the slammer Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! on Tuesday, a judicial source said. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , said the state security court placed Amjad Qursha in preventative detention for 15 days after the video was posted on YouTube. In it, Qursha "criticized Jordan's participation in the international coalition against the terrorist ISIS (IS) organization in Iraq and Syria," the source said. The 49-year-old preacher is accused of "having committed unauthorised acts... that could affect the kingdom's relations with a friendly country", a reference to the United States which heads the anti-IS coalition. In the video, Qursha says Washington "compelled" Amman to join the coalition. "Unfortunately, our feeble and fragile government has led us into a war that has nothing to do with us," he says. The married father of five lectures at the University of Jordan's sharia (Islamic law) faculty. He is known as a moderate who appears frequently in discussions on official radio and television channels. |
| Posted by:Fred |