No jail for joke about Paris attacks

his afro hairdo.

Under the name Abu Qaqa, he is thought to have used social media to lure many more British recruits to IS, including jihadi brides.

In raps posted on Twitter, he has urged video game-loving followers to stop playing

andFifaand come “to the khalifa” (or head of a Muslim state).

He also posed wearing a floppy fisherman’s hat with his face covered and assault rifles on each shoulder.

Since travelling to Syria, he is believed to have risen to the rank of senior commander. Hostey was injured in fighting but has not come home and still brags of his exploits on social media sites.

On Tumblr he told “a sister in London” to contact him privately when she asked for advice on life under IS.

Born Raphel Saiho Hostey, he preferred to be known by the more anglicised name Raphael.

Yesterday, neighbours said he “loved playing football with other local lads”.

They also revealed his family home was raided by police in September, with officers searching it for days.

Siful Khan, 27, who lived opposite the redbrick semi for 15 years, said he was “shocked” to hear about Hostey’s alleged activities, adding: “He used to wear a Manchester United shirt. He loved them.” – Daily Mail PARIS: A French comedian was found guilty yesterday of condoning terrorism by posting a joke on Facebook after January’s Islamist attacks in Paris that killed 17 people, but escaped a possible jail sentence.

A Paris court sentenced Dieudonne M’bala M’bala to a suspended sentence of two months in jail. He had risked up to seven years in prison and a 100 000 (R1.3 million) fine.

Dieudonne, who has repeatedly been fined for slander or antiSemitic statements, had posted just days after the attacks that he felt “like Charlie Coulibaly”.

That was a play on the “I am Charlie” slogan of solidarity after the attack against cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo, using the surname of one of the attackers. – Reuters