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oberliner

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Fri Jan 8, 2016, 01:27 PM Jan 2016

Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa [View all]

Source: BBC

An Islamic State militant carried out a public "execution" of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say.

Ali Saqr, 21, killed his mother, Lena al-Qasem, 45, outside the post office in Raqqa, Syria, eyewitnesses said.

Raqqa has served as IS' de facto capital since the group captured the city in August 2013.

IS does not tolerate any dissent and imposes brutal punishments, often carried out in public.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35260475



Note: The alleged crime was "apostasy".
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Animals leftynyc Jan 2016 #1
Shot his own mother in the head in front of hundreds of people oberliner Jan 2016 #8
As if he doesn't already - he's going to have some bigtime mental problems. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #40
I'll go with the "already" trillion Jan 2016 #79
For sure! Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #85
Truly "Worst than animals" Herman4747 Jan 2016 #11
We need to wait for the philosophy killer's proclamations about the truth... FrodosPet Jan 2016 #34
LOL!! Coventina Jan 2016 #35
Nicely done leftynyc Jan 2016 #49
I love your signature pics trillion Jan 2016 #80
Thank you FrodosPet Jan 2016 #113
No animals don't behave that way ButterflyBlood Jan 2016 #96
Dear God in Heaven!! Coventina Jan 2016 #2
Punishment for apostasy is part of the foundation of this theocratic movement. ancianita Jan 2016 #3
Well Islam does mean Elmergantry Jan 2016 #4
Yep. It doesn't matter how that submission happens, either, whether it's by threat, punishment ancianita Jan 2016 #5
Careful Elmergantry Jan 2016 #6
I've no idea who that is. I usually don't need help when free speeching about ISIS. ancianita Jan 2016 #82
true MariaThinks Jan 2016 #16
My heart breaks for the women leftynyc Jan 2016 #28
Well said! May upset many, who have blinders on, but it's the truth. demosincebirth Jan 2016 #67
We could say the same about the GOP. I mean the Fundys. trillion Jan 2016 #81
We could, but we'd look pretty foolish Yupster Jan 2016 #102
No, we wouldn't. Why just attack Islam for something the Christian Fundies do too? trillion Jan 2016 #104
Yup Yupster Jan 2016 #106
You do realize your stance is racist, right? trillion Jan 2016 #107
percentages, tell us where millions and millions of christian fundies live who want a theocracy... snooper2 Jan 2016 #111
Fairly popular in Muslim countries also.. EX500rider Jan 2016 #13
All religion, including Islam, is inherently evil. Oneironaut Jan 2016 #7
Only one religion, Islam, calls for the death penalty for apostasy oberliner Jan 2016 #9
At least some people are willing to tell the truth MariaThinks Jan 2016 #17
+1 iandhr Jan 2016 #33
....x10+ 840high Jan 2016 #36
So does christianity and judiasm killbotfactory Jan 2016 #41
No major Christian denomination calls for legal sanctions against those who apostasize oberliner Jan 2016 #43
Fundamentalists would like that power killbotfactory Jan 2016 #44
No they wouldn't oberliner Jan 2016 #45
Fundamentalist Christians don't support it because we have a secular government jmowreader Jan 2016 #53
This is not true oberliner Jan 2016 #57
here you go killbotfactory Jan 2016 #63
Nothing about apostasy at that link oberliner Jan 2016 #65
He may not be a leader, but he's the father of a presidential candidate killbotfactory Jan 2016 #69
He is definitely a disturbing individual (as is Ted Cruz) oberliner Jan 2016 #70
His beliefs are not similarly the law of Christian countries -- none of which are called ancianita Jan 2016 #84
Not in the US, no jmowreader Jan 2016 #73
I do take your point oberliner Jan 2016 #77
Having debated Catholics who would like nothing better than to live in a Catholic... Humanist_Activist Jan 2016 #55
Have Catholic apostates been imprisoned for that reason anywhere over the last 50 years? oberliner Jan 2016 #59
No, because outside of Vatican City, there are no Catholic Confessional States in existence... Humanist_Activist Jan 2016 #62
Have any recent popes made such a declaration? oberliner Jan 2016 #66
They only have temporal authority within Vatican City, and as far as I'm aware of no... Humanist_Activist Jan 2016 #71
Gotcha oberliner Jan 2016 #72
Yes, I grew up in a religion where they would shun anyone who leaves killbotfactory Jan 2016 #60
So it is OK then? FrodosPet Jan 2016 #76
Are you really going to claim leftynyc Jan 2016 #50
People still worship that ancient book killbotfactory Jan 2016 #56
So what? leftynyc Jan 2016 #58
I am in no way excusing this behavior. ridiculous. nt killbotfactory Jan 2016 #61
Then why do you want leftynyc Jan 2016 #64
Look, if you take the bible and tell people it's the word of God killbotfactory Jan 2016 #74
Stop with the deflection bullshit leftynyc Jan 2016 #75
Do you realize the fundamentalist islamic states that exist today were cultivated by the west? killbotfactory Jan 2016 #93
So what? leftynyc Jan 2016 #108
Here's the key difference between religions' fundamentalisms: translation. Literal translation is ancianita Jan 2016 #92
If you go to Israel, and you have christx30 Jan 2016 #99
Saudi Arabia uses their brand Islam to protect and expand their political power in the region killbotfactory Jan 2016 #100
But the point is that it's not other religions that christx30 Jan 2016 #101
Not recently. killbotfactory Jan 2016 #105
Not quite true; only (some) Muslim countries impose it at state level... LeftishBrit Jan 2016 #88
Some religions don't proselytize. Coventina Jan 2016 #10
Jews don't proselytize either leftynyc Jan 2016 #23
... And they have to study pretty rigorously. JudyM Jan 2016 #29
You gotta really want leftynyc Jan 2016 #30
True; and non-theist ideologies can also be abused if they become props for authoritarian rulers LeftishBrit Jan 2016 #89
Totally agree, and was why I made sure to mention that any religion can be abusive. Coventina Jan 2016 #90
Shintoism was misued in Imperial Japan Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #109
Fair to say that religious *extremists* of any religion are flirting with evil. Nt JudyM Jan 2016 #14
No it isn't MariaThinks Jan 2016 #18
So there are some 'good' religious extremists? ck4829 Jan 2016 #19
That really depends on how you leftynyc Jan 2016 #24
No more and no less than there are some 'good' political extremists LanternWaste Jan 2016 #38
the ones who kill others are worse than the ones that don't talk to you because of their belief MariaThinks Jan 2016 #52
You disagreed above that religious extremists in general are flirting with evil. JudyM Jan 2016 #78
If you're an extreme Yupster Jan 2016 #103
There is no such thing as evil. Just humans. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #51
I am only aware of one religion that in modern times Elmergantry Jan 2016 #15
Correction: -Humans- are inherently evil. kentauros Jan 2016 #20
Agreed. nt jonno99 Jan 2016 #32
-1000 All Religion? What a pant-load. Good job throwing the baby out with the bathwater...nt jonno99 Jan 2016 #31
I agree. rockfordfile Jan 2016 #83
nice wide category 'apostasy' - can be used to kill just about anyone. MariaThinks Jan 2016 #12
Trump Foot Soldiers in five years Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #21
Bullshit leftynyc Jan 2016 #25
See #21 Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #39
#21 is YOUR comment leftynyc Jan 2016 #47
Oh boy.... nt retrowire Jan 2016 #22
The best that can happen: he comes to regret it & tells the story as a cautionary tale to discourage JudyM Jan 2016 #26
The best that can happen: He spends the rest of his life in a shitty prison FrodosPet Jan 2016 #48
Apostasy? Religion's got nothing to do with that! whatthehey Jan 2016 #27
You Bet ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #37
So executions for apostasy are not ISIS' beliefs, but the population's? whatthehey Jan 2016 #42
Yes ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #95
My're failure to do what? whatthehey Jan 2016 #97
Do you think it would have happened to the father? Helen Borg Jan 2016 #46
Well, not now, anyway. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #54
As I posted earlier religion doesn't kill ppl., ppl. kill ppl. juxtaposed Jan 2016 #68
All religion is a sickness LiberalLovinLug Jan 2016 #86
Wow. ISIS are an insane cult, and unfortunately one with power in some places LeftishBrit Jan 2016 #87
Savage. romanic Jan 2016 #91
All religions are fucked, but one religion really is worse than all the others. Quantess Jan 2016 #94
That's love for you, love for death misery and wholesale slaughter of innocent people. Rex Jan 2016 #98
Religion is a crime to humanity. JRLeft Jan 2016 #110
Some religions are quite benign oberliner Jan 2016 #112
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