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Fighting to stay in Norway, Mullah Krekar
praises Osama bin Laden
10.6.2005
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OSLO, June 9 (AFP) - 19h59 - Mullah Krekar, the
founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam who
is fighting an expulsion order from Norway, on
Thursday reiterated his praise for Al-Qaeda chief
Osama bin Laden, calling him "a jewel" of Islam,
media reported.
"I do not deny that I have said that Osama bin Laden
is a jewel among the imams of Islam. He is faithful
to the religion," Krekar told an Oslo court,
Norwegian news agency NTB reported, as he tries to
prove that he presents no threat to Norway. |
Mulla Krekar: Photo AP |
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Norwegian authorities decided in February 2003 to
expel Krekar, whose real name is Fateh Najmeddin
Faraj, due to national security concerns, but his
deportation was suspended until the situation in
Iraq improves.
The Norwegian government last month rejected his
appeal against the deportation order. But Krekar
maintains that the expulsion order is not valid and
has taken the authorities to court.
Krekar admits that he founded Ansar al-Islam, which
figures on Washington's list of terrorist
organizations, but insists that he no longer heads
it.
AFP
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