Iraqi-born cleric jailed in Norway for praising Paris attack
A Norwegian court has sentenced an Iraqi-born cleric to 18 months in jail for praising the slaying of cartoonists at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which had lampooned Islam and other religions.
The Oslo city court also found Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar, guilty of urging others to kill a Kurdish immigrant in Norway in the same interview with Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
"Whoever offends our religion and our honor must understand that this is a conflict about life and death," Ahmad told NRK, adding a cartoonist is "a fighting heathen whom it is permissible to kill." The interview was broadcast Feb. 26 -- the day after he was arrested.
