Hezbollah condemns killing of Jordanian writer

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2016-09-25 | 11:56
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Hezbollah condemns killing of Jordanian writer
Hezbollah denounced Sunday the killing of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar in Amman earlier today.
 

In a statement, Hezbollah said that Hattar was a great activist in facing the Zionist project and defending the Palestinian cause.

 

“His voice resonated strongly against Takfiri ideology, exclusion, and genocide,” the statement added.

 

The group urged the Jordanian authorities to punish the perpetrator of the crime and whosoever is behind it so that free speech can be protected in the region.

 
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion after sharing on social media a caricature seen as insulting Islam, witnesses and state media said.

The gunman was arrested at the scene, state news agency Petra said. A security source said he was a 39-year-old Muslim preacher in a mosque in the capital.

Hattar, a Christian and a anti-Islamist activist who was a supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was arrested last month after he shared a caricature that depicted a bearded man in heaven smoking in bed with women and asking God to bring him wine and cashews.

In the cartoon, the man also asks God to clear his dishes and put a door on his tent and knock before entering.

Many conservative Muslim Jordanians considered Hattar's move offensive and against their religion. The authorities said he violated the law by sharing the caricature.​

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