This is sanctioned in Islamic law. Now the kidnapped man will be killed, enslaved, exchanged for ransom, or released outright. Here is a salient passage on this issue from a Shafi’i manual of Islamic law: When an adult male is taken captive, the caliph considers the interests … (of Islam and the Muslims) and decides […]
Egypt: Islamic jihadis murder at least 155 in Sufi mosque
The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but if one group of Muslims thinks another is heretical, then it considers itself to have a duty before Allah to carry out the Sharia death penalty. “Attack on mosque in Egypt’s Sinai kills at least 155: state media,” AFP, November 24, 2017 (thanks to Ken): […]