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, state news agency Petra said. It said the gunman was arrested at the scene. Hattar, killed over Islam cartoon, was controversial ethnic Jordanian nationalist and Syria regime supporter https://t.co/qHVPDCFzQy — Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark) September 25, 2016Many conservative Muslim Jordanians considered Hattar’s move offensive and against their religion. “The assailant was arrested and investigations are ongoing,” Petra quoted the security source as saying. He had accused his Islamist opponents of using the cartoon to settle scores with him.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 25, 2016 10:41 UTC