attacked and still had blood on his clothes and shoes. He said he had chased the gunman and caught him by holding his beard. More than 1,000 residents joined relatives on Sunday evening in Fuheis, a largely Christian suburb northwest of Amman where the writer came from. “We meet today in pain and sorrow,” said Huwaished Akroosh, the president of the municipality. “We have confidence in his majesty the king and for safekeeping this country and its people. ” The gathering turned into a march down the main street toward Fuheis Circle, with hundreds of people chanting together. “The extremists were afraid of you, so they killed you,” they chanted. “Your blood was not spilled in vain.” They also chanted, “Down with the government. Down with the interior minister.” Correction: October 26, 2016 A headline on Sept. 26 with an article about the killing of a Jordanian Christian writer, Nahed Hattar, after he posted a cartoon online deemed offensive to Islam overstated the case against him. He had been charged with insulting Islam, but not convicted of it. The article imprecisely translated a comment on Twitter by Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, one of Al Qaeda’s most influential ideologues, in response to Mr. Hattar’s apology. He said, “The apology and clarification from Hattar make him no less of an infidel” — not “is no less of an apostasy” — “than his caricature.” Deborah Acosta contributed reporting. A version of this article appears in print on September 26, 2016, on Page A11 of the New York edition with the headline: Extremism Boils Over in Jordan as Writer Who Insulted Islam Is Killed. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe NEWS OPINION ARTS LIVING LISTINGS & MORE SUBSCRIBE © 2017 The New York Times Company Privacy Terms of Service Site Map Help Site Feedback converted by Web2PDFConvert.com