British extremist claims ‘mentor’ role

A British Islamic extremist reportedly has claimed he’s become a mentor and adviser for Norwegian Islamists, although they don’t seem to entirely agree. Several of the men who were espousing radical Islamic ideology in Norway last year, meanwhile, have since been keeping a lower profile. Newspaper Aftenposten reported over the weekend that Anjem Choudary, who [...]

Krekar’s prison term reduced

An appeals court in Oslo acquitted Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar on Thursday of encouraging terrorism but upheld his conviction for making what the court called serious threats. He was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison. That’s much less than the five-year prison term he received earlier this year from the Oslo City [...]

Mullah Krekar back in court

Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar, who came to Norway as a refugee and ended up being declared a threat to national security, was back in an Oslo courtroom this week to appeal two convictions from earlier this year. Krekar claims his freedom of expression has been violated. Krekar was sentenced to prison terms of five years [...]

Krekar sentenced to new jail term

Mullah Krekar, the former refugee from northern Iraq who later was deemed a threat to national security in Norway, has been handed another jail term on Wednesday for making more threats of his own. The Oslo City Court sentenced Krekar to prison for another year for trying to influence witnesses and encouraging criminal acts. Krekar [...]

Lawmakers react to blogger’s release

Norway’s Parliament looks set to update a law against making threats in public, after the country’s highest court (Høyesterett) upheld the release of an extremist blogger who police claimed had threatened them. Blogger Eivind Berge had urged the public to murder police officers over the Internet, but can’t be jailed because the Internet didn’t meet the court’s [...]

New charges filed against terror suspect Mullah Krekar

State prosecutors have filed new charges against Muslim cleric Mullah Krekar, who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq and later was designated as a threat to national security. Now he’s in trouble again, for allegedly making death threats online and encouraging terrorist acts. His targets this time included former Prime Minister Kjell [...]

Krekar agrees to remain in prison

Mullah Krekar, the Islamic cleric who’s been under Norwegian protection for more than 20 years, has agreed to remain in prison for at least another eight weeks pending appeal of his recent conviction for making death threats. He’s using the time to write a book. Krekar has been a thorn in the side of Norwegian [...]

Krekar deportation talks resume

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari was in Norway this week for talks with Norwegian officials that included a pending deportation of Mullah Krekar, the Islamic cleric who’s been deemed a threat to Norway’s national security. Norwegian officials were once again unable, however, to extract the guarantee they need that Krekar, a former guerrilla leader in [...]

Krekar, ‘Fjordman’ called to testify

Defense attorneys for confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik have confirmed that former guerrilla leader Mullah Krekar and anti-Muslim blogger Peder Jensen, better known as “Fjordman,”  are among the roughly 35 persons they’re calling to testify during Breivik’s trial. The goal is to prove that Breivik, like Krekar and Jensen, is driven by political ideology, not [...]

Krekar’s arrest may hike terror threat

UPDATED: Mullah Krekar is at least temporarily out of action, after an Oslo judge ordered on Wednesday that he be held in custody following his arrest on Tuesday. He’d already sent out new messages to his followers, however, that police have interpreted as even more threats against Norway and Norwegians including former prime minister and current [...]

Krekar arrested after more threats

UPDATED: Mullah Krekar remained a free man Tuesday morning, pending appeal of his conviction on Monday for making death threats, but it didn’t last long. Calls had gone out for his immediate arrest, after he reportedly issued more threats over the weekend and even assaulted a TV2 reporter Monday evening. Police apprehended him at his [...]

Judge sentences Mullah Krekar to five years in prison for making threats

Norway has been unable to deport radical Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar but found a way on Monday to keep him in confinement at least for a few years. A city judge in Oslo sentenced Krekar on Monday to five years in jail for making threats against a former government minister and several identified Muslims who [...]

Krekar’s counsel surprised by pending Breivik summons

The defense attorney for Mullah Krekar, who’s been declared a threat to Norway’s national security, says he’s surprised Krekar may be called as a witness in the upcoming trial of confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik. Two other Islamic extremists, Arfan Bhatti and Mohyeldeen Mohammad, may be called as well. “At first I thought this will [...]

Krekar trial disrupted by filming

The latest trial of former guerrilla leader Mullah Krekar was disrupted after it got underway on Wednesday, when three men were caught filming the proceedings and thrown out of the courtroom. Krekar has a habit of stirring controversy and the opening day of his trial, in which Krekar is charged with making threats, was no exception. [...]

Krekar back in court, denies threats

When Mullah Krekar told a group of journalists that a top Norwegian politician would die if he’s expelled from Norway and dies, too, back home in Iraq, he claims he wasn’t making threats. He told a court in Oslo on Wednesday that rather, he was simply analyzing the consequences of an official expulsion. Krekar, under [...]

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