German court jails youth for Internet ‘Islamist propaganda’

A German court Tuesday jailed a 20-year-old man for three years and three months for distributing videos on the Internet in support of two Islamic “terror groups”.

The films called on viewers to participate in “Holy War”, glorified suicide bombings and showed brutal executions, according to prosecutors.

The man had for around six months operated a website called “Islamic Hacker Union” before he was arrested in June 2011.

The site sought to gain supporters for two groups, the Al-Qaeda-linked “Islamic State of Iraq” and the “Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.”