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The Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate says it has beheaded Croatian hostage

Aug 12, 2015 11:14 am By Robert Spencer

Tomislav-SalopekKidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or enslaving them, as well as killing them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Abu’l-Hasan al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah (The Laws of Islamic Governance), trans. by Dr. Asadullah Yate, (London), Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., 1996, p. 192.

“Islamic State Egypt affiliate says beheads Croatian hostage: SITE,” by Omar Fahmy, Reuters, August 12, 2015:

Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate published a photograph it said showed the beheaded body of a Croatian hostage it had threatened to kill last week, the SITE monitoring service said on Wednesday.

Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the picture, which carried a caption that said: “killing of the Croatian hostage, due to his country’s participation in the war against Islamic State, after the deadline expired … “.

If confirmed, it would be the first known beheading of a Western hostage held by Sinai Province, the Egyptian group which changed its name from Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis after it pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

A spokesman at the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s press office said: “We have seen this news on line but are currently making our own checks. If we confirm that it is indeed true, we will inform the media through a statement.”…

The photograph, circulating on Twitter accounts of Sinai Province supporters, shows a man’s severed head placed on his body, with a knife driven into sand next to it and the black Islamic State flag in the background.

Next to the picture are screenshots of Arabic language news articles with the headlines: “Croatia confirms its support for Egypt in efforts to fight terrorism and extremism” and “Croatia affirms its continued support for the Kurdistan region.”

Last week, an online video purportedly from Sinai Province showed a man who identified himself as Tomislav Salopek who said the group would kill him in 48 hours if Muslim women in Egyptian jails were not freed….

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Filed Under: Croatia, Egypt, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Tomislav Salopek


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  1. mortimer says

    Aug 12, 2015 at 11:56 am

    The religion of peace…or rather the religion of pieces of human bodies…hands…heads…feat!

    Muslims behaving like Muslims. Muslims imitating Mohammed… the dismembering, plagiarizing, prevaricating pedophile pirate.

  2. Angemon says

    Aug 12, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    Poor guy… 🙁

    • Peggy says

      Aug 12, 2015 at 8:10 pm

      Yes indeed. I can only hope that they gave him enough sedatives so that he wouldn’t experience the full horror of it all.
      This is no way to suggest that I belive he was responsible for any of it, but there is no amount of money that would take me to that region.
      It’s time for Europeans to get out of there. It’s just far too dangerous.
      I really feel for his family.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 17, 2015 at 11:58 pm

        I really doubt the Islamic State gives its victims sedatives.

  3. Baucent says

    Aug 13, 2015 at 5:23 am

    These type of attacks are partly aimed at ruining the tourism industry countries like Egypt depend. It will probably succeed in doing that.

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