Muslim body calls for ‘killing, crucifixion’ of IS militants
Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, expressed outrage at the Islamic State group for burning to death a capt...
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Al-Azhar,
Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, expressed outrage at
the Islamic State group for burning to death a captive Jordanian pilot,
saying its militants deserve to be killed or crucified.
After
a video was released showing the caged fighter pilot, Maaz
al-Kassasbeh, dying engulfed in flames, the Cairo-based authority’s
head, Ahmed al-Tayib, expressed his “strong dismay at this cowardly
act”.
This
“requires the punishment mentioned in the Koran for these corrupt
oppressors who fight against God and his prophet: killing, crucifixion
or chopping of the limbs.”
“Islam
forbids killing of the innocent human soul… It forbids mutilating the
human soul by burning or in any other way even during wars against an
enemy that attacks you,” Tayib added in a statement.
IS
itself has implemented such punishments against its own members for
robbery at checkpoints or stealing funds from religious endowments in
territories controlled by the group in Iraq and Syria.
source: punch.ng