Two Men Jailed in Norway for Joining IS

Norway has jailed two men for joining Islamic State in August 2014, shortly after IS declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. A court Oslo Wednesday sentenced Hasan Ahmed, a 46-year-old Norwegian of Pakistani origin, to six years in prison and Adam Idrisovich Magomadov, a 23-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, to seven-and-a-half, in line with the requests by the prosecution. The court said that they had “a clear and determined plan'' to “contribute to the organization's...

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