Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – An Iraqi court has sentenced to death by hanging a deputy to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over his involvement in terrorist acts.The convict, identified as Ismail al-Eithawy, had fled the country into Syria, then he escaped into Turkey following the defeat of Islamic State, where he was arrested, Iraqi website Al-Ekhbariya quoted spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar as saying.
Eithawy, according to the spokesman, “had held several positions within the terrorist Daesh (Islamic State) group, as he was in charge of the Iftaa (religious edict) committee and was responsible for developing the group’s educational curricula.”
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