Christian writer’s murder in Jordan reveals conflict on free speech, religion
(The Christian Science Monitor) The assassination of a Jordanian writer facing charges of blasphemy placed a spotlight on Jordan’s careful balance between respect for religion and freedom of speech.
Nahed Hattar, a controversial columnist and writer, was gunned down by a Jordanian national on September 25 as he entered an Amman court to face trial over sharing a cartoon on Facebook deemed insulting to Islam.
The cartoon depicted an Arab man in bed with two women ordering God to bring him wine, under the title “the God of Daesh,” or the so-called Islamic State.
