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21-04-04, 17:00
Oslo (dpa) - A Kurdish religious leader living in Norway and
linked to the Islamic militant organization Ansar al-Islam was
awarded 45,000 euros (53,000 dollars) for a period spent in custody
in the Netherlands, reports said Wednesday.
Mullah Krekar was arrested at Amsterdam's Schipool Airport in
September 2002 on suspicion of drugs smuggling. He was held until
January 2003 before Dutch authorities deported him to Norway.
A Dutch court threw out the charges against Krekar, who sued for
damages.
According to the Dutch news agency ANP and quoted by Norwegian
media, the compensation was eight times higher than the amount a
Dutch court earlier approved.
Krekar, who uses the secular name Najmuddin Faraj Ahmed, was
granted refugee status in Norway in 1991.
In the summer of 2002, his status was revoked after he made
controversial remarks about Osama bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaeda
terrorist network. Norwegian authorities have considered deporting
Krekar.
The United States considers Ansar al-Islam an ally of al-Qaeda.
Krekar has had several legal run-ins in Norway. In January he lost
a libel case against Carl I. Hagen, leader of the populist Progress
Party. Krekar has appealed the court's decision.
Hagen said Krekar should pay his legal fees which totalled half
the amount the mullah was awarded in the Netherlands, Wednesday's
online edition of the Dagbladet newspaper reported.
Ik ben benieuwd wat je als jan lul krijgt als je 5 maanden onschuldig in de bak hebt gezeten?
linked to the Islamic militant organization Ansar al-Islam was
awarded 45,000 euros (53,000 dollars) for a period spent in custody
in the Netherlands, reports said Wednesday.
Mullah Krekar was arrested at Amsterdam's Schipool Airport in
September 2002 on suspicion of drugs smuggling. He was held until
January 2003 before Dutch authorities deported him to Norway.
A Dutch court threw out the charges against Krekar, who sued for
damages.
According to the Dutch news agency ANP and quoted by Norwegian
media, the compensation was eight times higher than the amount a
Dutch court earlier approved.
Krekar, who uses the secular name Najmuddin Faraj Ahmed, was
granted refugee status in Norway in 1991.
In the summer of 2002, his status was revoked after he made
controversial remarks about Osama bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaeda
terrorist network. Norwegian authorities have considered deporting
Krekar.
The United States considers Ansar al-Islam an ally of al-Qaeda.
Krekar has had several legal run-ins in Norway. In January he lost
a libel case against Carl I. Hagen, leader of the populist Progress
Party. Krekar has appealed the court's decision.
Hagen said Krekar should pay his legal fees which totalled half
the amount the mullah was awarded in the Netherlands, Wednesday's
online edition of the Dagbladet newspaper reported.
Ik ben benieuwd wat je als jan lul krijgt als je 5 maanden onschuldig in de bak hebt gezeten?