Osamah M.* was convicted of belonging to the Islamic State (IS). Nevertheless, the 35-year-old Iraqi regularly gives Arabic and Koran classes in the mosque of the Islamic Cultural Association of Schaffhausen in Neuhausen am Rheinfall. Children and young people also attend his classes […].
The teacher was arrested in 2014. Among other things, he was accused of planning attacks, spreading propaganda and being a member of IS. In 2016, the Federal Criminal Court sentenced him to 4 years and 8 months in prison for membership of a criminal organisation. The Federal Police ordered his deportation, combined with an indefinite ban on entering Switzerland. Nevertheless, this Iraqi remains in Switzerland, as he could face torture and death in his home country. […]
According a report in the newspaper “Weltwoche”, the man lives in Schaffhausen, where he married a Swiss woman who had converted to Islam. The 30-year-old social welfare recipient has also changed his name and adopted a Jewish-sounding name.[…]20mn.ch