Mullah Krekar, center, seated between his lawyers Brynjar Meling, left, and Arvid Sjoedin, right, in an Oslo District court, Oslo, Norway Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012. Iraqi-born cleric Mullah Krekar has pleaded not guilty in Norway to charges of making death

OSLO, Norway — An Iraqi-born cleric pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of making death threats against politicians and encouraging suicide bombings. Prosecutors said Mullah Krekar, a 55-year-old Islamist who came to Norway as a refugee in 1991, face

The trial centres on remarks Mullah Krekar, who uses the name of Najmuddin Faraj Ahmand, made during a news conference in June 2010 where he said that Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservative Party, would "pay a price" if he was deported from Norway. In

OSLO, Norway — Iraqi-born cleric Mullah Krekar has pleaded not guilty in Norway to ch

An Iraqi-born Islamist cleric goes on trial in Norway today accused of making death threats against politicians and encouraging suicide bombings in Iraq. In a case some see as a test of Norway’s terror laws and its freedom of speech, prosecutor Geir Evan

tool goes here OSLO, Norway - An Iraqi-born Islamist cleric goes on trial Wednesday for allegedly making death threats against politicians and encouraging suicide bombings in Iraq, and some see the case as a test of Norway's terror laws and its freedom o