http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/world/middleeast/nahed-hattar-jordanian-writer-killed.html 2016-09-25 15:29:42 Jordanian Writer Is Fatally Shot Nahed Hattar was killed in Amman after having recently been arrested for sharing a cartoon on Facebook that was deemed offensive by Muslims. === AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian writer and columnist was fatally shot on Sunday morning outside a court here, according to a statement released by the Jordan News Agency, or Petra. Nahed Hattar, 56, was shot three times, and the assailant was arrested near the scene, according to Petra. Mr. Hattar, a Christian, was arrested in August and charged with inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islam after sharing a cartoon on Facebook that showed a bearded man in bed with two women ordering God to bring him some wine and cashews. His post was widely denounced on social media, and he removed it shortly thereafter, deactivated his Facebook account and released an apology that said he “did not mean to offend anyone” and that the cartoon “mocks ISIS terrorists and their concept of heaven.” He was released on bail earlier this month. A government spokesman, Mohammad Momani, said in a statement Sunday, “We will hold the perpetrator who committed this despicable act to justice and the government will respond with an iron fist to anyone who uses this incident as an opportunity to spread hate speech in society.” The Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, civil society organizations and labor unions condemned the killing on Sunday. “The murder of Hattar targets democracy and diversity in our society and aims to spread darkness and terrorism,” said Nidal Mansour, president of the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists, in a