Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar, who was on trial for sharing a cartoon on Facebook that was anti-ISIS and Islamic jihad, has been shot to death. He reportedly sustained three shots to the head.
Writer Nahed Hattar was hit by three bullets in the head shortly before arriving for a court hearing https://t.co/jK7N0JdSBs
— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 25, 2016
He was shot in front of the Supreme Court in Amman, Jordan as he prepared for his trial. Here is the cartoon he was murdered over.
Jordanian writer shot dead ahead of ‘anti-Islam’ cartoon trial https://t.co/MsCZzgfLxB pic.twitter.com/9zt6XlyTrH
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) September 25, 2016
The charge against him was “blasphemy.”
R.I.P. Cartoonist Nahed Hattar – assassinated before trial for "insulting Islam."
Heckuva job, Religion of Peace! https://t.co/AUlOk379Y3— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 25, 2016
Where are all the "moderate" Muslims who will stand up and declare that Cartoonists Lives Matter? https://t.co/Xs3sNh40Uf
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 25, 2016
Contrary to the indication often given by the Obama administration, there is no negotiating or reasoning with radical Islam. The group’s standard response to any ideological or theological pushback is bullets.
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