IS Beheads Syria Imam for 'Insulting God'

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Naharnet :

Jan. 8 2014

 

The Islamic State (IS) group beheaded Thursday a Syrian imam, or mosque prayer leader, for "insulting God," a monitoring group said.

 

"The IS executed the imam of a mosque from the village of Abu Khuyut near Hasakeh city (in northeastern Syria) at dawn Thursday," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

 

The Britain-based Observatory added that three of the mans's sons were IS fighters, and that it was the first time the jihadists executed a religious official for this reason.

 

The man was detained after watching a video on executions carried out by IS and cursing because God had permitted them, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

 

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