Riyadh, Sep 1 (IANS) A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a preacher to five years in jail for praising the Islamic State (IS) Sunni militant organisation during an Eid sermon at a mosque in Riyadh in 2013, a media report said Monday. Riyadh's special criminal court also convicted the preacher, who was **t named, of financially supporting terrorism, and slapped a five-year travel ban on him, an Arab News report said. The lawyer of the preacher said that they would appeal against the ruling in a higher court.
09-01-2014, 11:30 PM
Saudi preacher jailed for praising IS
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