A court has ruled that a Pakistani citizen should be expelled from Romania on charges of promoting “extremist Islamism” online, causing a threat to national security.
The Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that the man, identified only by his initials S.A., should be expelled for 10 years.
Romania’s main domestic intelligence agency said in a statement Tuesday that the man entered Romania illegally in 2015 and then married a Romanian woman. It said he sought to obtain a residency permit based on his marriage.
A statement released by the agency further said the man supported the “supremacy of extremist Islam” and “global jihad” and was interested in making makeshift explosive devices.
Earlier this year, a Milan court sentenced a Pakistani and a Tunisian to six years in prison for threatening terror attacks in Italy via social media. Tunisian Lassad Briki, 35, and Pakistan national Muhammad Baqas, 27, will be deported after serving their sentences, the judge said after agreeing to the maximum sanction requested by prosecutors.
Courtesy: The New York Times
