IS recruiter & six associates jailed

PRISTINA, May 21, (AFP): A Kosovo court Friday sentenced an imam and six others to up to ten years in jail for recruiting fighters for the Islamic State or joining the group in Syria. Imam Zeqirja Qazimi was handed down a ten-year sentence, the court said in a statement. His six associates were convicted for trying to gather recruits and for fighting for the IS there from 2012 to 2014. They got jail terms ranging from three to eight years. “They have intentionally called on other persons to commit or participate in terrorist acts, participate in the activities of a terrorist group and try to gather funds and material resources for it.”