boy after accusing him of being paid to take pictures of their
headquarters in Syria. They also accused him of apostasy –
abandoning his religion.
The boy was crucified in the central square of the
insurgents’ de facto capital Raqqa, Daily Mail reports.
On the placard around his neck, it is written that he has
been crucified for three days for apostasy and for being
caught receiving 500 Turkish Lira for each photograph he
took of ISIS’ headquarters.
Charlie Winter, a counter-terrorism expert, says that
crucifixion is a punishment ISIS uses for specific crimes.
“Crucifixion has been used many times before
– it’s an age-old punishment dealt out to
people who have committed treason.
The Islamic State’s use of crucifixion as a
punishment stems from its fundamentalist
interpretation of Verse 33 of the fifth book of
the Koran.
The verse reads: ‘Indeed, the penalty for
those who wage war against Allah and His
Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause]
corruption is none but that they be killed or
crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off
from opposite sides or that they be exiled
from the land.’
‘That is for them a disgrace in this world; and
for them in the Hereafter is a great
punishment, ” he said.
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