Via
Radio Free Europe:
The Islamic State (IS)
group in Iraq has published photographs that appear to show a man being
thrown from the roof of a tall building apparently in Mosul, as
punishment for being gay. The graphic photographs were uploaded to the
Justpaste.it website on January 15 and shared on social media. One
photograph, taken from the top of the building from where the man was
apparently pushed to his death, shows a large crowd gathered in the
public square below.
Another image shows a man with
his face covered by a black balaclava, reading out the sentence imposed
on the man under the IS group's version of Shari'a law. The caption to
the photograph says that the verdict was issued by a Shari'a court in
"Wilayat Nineveh," IS's name for Mosul and its environs.
Another image shows the victim
being held by another man, apparently his executioner, on the edge of a
rooftop. Text accompanying the photograph says that the man is being
punished with "Hadd," meaning a punishment that is determined in the
Koran and the Hadith for crimes considered to go against the rights of
God. The caption noted that the man had committed the crime of the
practices of the "people of Lot," a euphemism for sodomy, and that he
must be killed by being "thrown from a high place."
According to the above-linked report, ISIS yesterday also stoned a woman to death after accusing her of adultery.
(Tipped by JMG reader Zachary)
Reposted from Joe Jervis
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