UAE court sentences Pakistani national to 10 years over ‘financing IS, al Qaeda’

Aziz Ahmad Noor al Haq, 23, guilty of funding the militant groups will be deported after serving his jail term

ABU DHABI: The State Security Court at the UAE Federal Supreme Court jailed on Monday a Pakistani man for 10 years for "financing the terrorist organisations Da’ish [Islamic State] and al Qaeda”, local media reported.

The court, presided over by judge Mohammad Jarrah al Tunaiji, found the convict, Aziz Ahmad Noor al Haq, 23, guilty of funding the militant groups, Gulf News said.

The court also ordered the defendant to be deported after serving his jail term

In a separate hearing, the same court sentenced a Sudanese man to 10 years jail term for planning a bomb attack aimed at killing foreigners in the Gulf country, the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National reported on Monday.

The Federal Supreme Court also convicted the defendant on charges of supporting the Islamic State on social media. "Prosecutors said he was inspired by the terrorist group's ideology," it added.



The official WAM news agency confirmed that an "Arab national was convicted of planning a terrorist act and creating online accounts to promote Daesh [IS]" and was jailed for 10 years.

The United Arab Emirates is a member of the US-led coalition that has been bombing IS in Iraq and Syria since September 2014.

Authorities in the Gulf state have enacted anti-terror legislation, including the death penalty and harsher jail terms for crimes linked to religious hatred and extremist groups.