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In a grotesque twist of the saying “live by the sword, die by the sword”, an Islamic State executioner in Syria who carried out beheadings for the jihadist group has been found with his head cut off.
The body of the Egyptian man, known to be the deputy emir of the feared al-Hesbah (or Hisbah) force in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, was recovered near a power plant in al-Mayadeen city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The corpse showed signs of torture and carried the message “This is evil, you Sheikh” written on it. The severed head also had a cigarette in its mouth. It is unclear who carried out the decapitation but the message was obvious.
Islamic State’s (formerly known as Isis) ban on cigarettes is one of its signature polices. It has imposed a strict set of Sharia laws barring the use of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes in the territories it has conquered across a swathe of Iraq and Syria.
IS has declared smoking “slow suicide” and demands that “every smoker should be aware that with every cigarette he smokes in a state of trance and vanity is disobeying God”.
Hisbah is IS’s religious police who perform the role of enforcing the group’s twisted version of sharia in the self-styled caliphate.
originally posted by: TheOmegaStain
One thing I don't get though, how do they know it was that guy if he appeared on video with his face covered.....?
originally posted by: thesmokingman
I thought the executioner was "Jihadi John, the man they had identified from the videos of Foley and Sottloff? Was this him, it does not make any mention of it from what I seen?
originally posted by: whyamIhere
originally posted by: thesmokingman
I thought the executioner was "Jihadi John, the man they had identified from the videos of Foley and Sottloff? Was this him, it does not make any mention of it from what I seen?
That's Johnny...
Now that is a video I might watch. Hope he begged...
Not seeing it on any MSM?
Is this site on the list?
Islamic State's (formerly known as Isis) ban on cigarettes is one of its signature polices. It has imposed a strict set of Sharia laws barring the use of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes in the territories it has conquered across a swathe of Iraq and Syria.
It occurred to me that ISIS was really nervous about this guy's cover having been blown
originally posted by: TheOmegaStain
a reply to: BushMaster16
For what reason? What cover? Being blown how?
It occurred to me that ISIS was really nervous about this guy's cover having been blown