Muslims Condemn ISIS Burning Despite Islam's Long History of Legalized Atrocities by Phyllis Chesler Breitbart February 5, 2015 Print Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. The King of Jordan has declared vengeance against ISIS and a number of Muslim clerics—and even Al-Qaeda—have condemned the fiery public murder of the Jordanian pilot. ISIS caged the Jordanian pilot, produced a video with doctored footage in which they justified burning him alive by showing Muslim civilians, including children, who were, presumably, burned alive by coalition airplanes over Iraq. Burning is not something new. Muslims have burned "heretics" to death in the past. TheFourth Caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Mohammed's cousin, did so. American University of Beirut political scientist Hilal Khashan noted that "In Islam, in the Sourah Al Baqara, in Sourah number two, verse 194, it says 'if one transgresses against you, you may respond likewise.'" However, this issue remains controversial. In the snuff video, ISIS was explaining that they would hold anyone, even Sunni Arab Muslims, accountable for joining the "Crusader" alliance against them. The video (I have refused to watch it but I have read descriptions of it) is also a warning to any other Arab pilots and soldiers about the gruesome fate they could expect if they go to war against ISIS. » CONTINUE READING Related Topics:  ISIS, Islam, Jihad & Terrorism

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