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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/25/middleeast/jordan-writer-nahed-hattar-killed/
Jordanian Writer Who Shared Cartoon Mocking ISIS Killed Outside Courthouse
(CNN) Tim Hume and Jomana Karadsheh - Nahed Hattar, a prominent Jordanian writer and member of the country's Christian minority, who faces charges for sharing a "blasphemous" anti-ISIS cartoon, was fatally shot on Sunday outside a courthouse in Amman where the case against him was being heard, the state news agency Petra reported. Hattar was charged with the crime of insulting religion for having posted the image. The cartoon depicted a bearded man in bed with two women in heaven as he instructs God to serve him wine and food. Hattar explained that it was aimed at criticizing the twisted view of paradise held by ISIS. The Prime Minister's office in Jordan denounced the killing.