Man handed four-year prison term for promoting terrorist ideology
By Rana Husseini - Mar 03,2021 - Last updated at Mar 03,2021
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld an August State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a man to four years in prison after convicting him of promoting terrorist ideology among Maan residents via social media over the past two years.
The defendant was convicted by the SSC of promoting Daesh ideology by convincing residents in his area that it is “a legitimate group”. He was given a four-year prison term.
Court documents said the defendant started following up on Daesh terror group news in 2014 when one of his friends joined them in Syria.