Beheading another journalist!
The leaders (of the movement) for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria released off late their second VDO beheading another US citizen. It is a terrible thing as well as against the principle of Islam. Such activities must be stopped forthwith if the leaders of the movement really want an Islamic State.
The Prophet Muhammad (SM) just before the start of the Battle of Badr in 624 AD ordered his troops not to kill women and children, mentally and physically disable, saints and priests, old and unarmed men. The Prophet also decreed a that commercial establishments must not be destroyed. The Muslim Army won the battle and captured about 70 soldiers of the enemy forces. They were treated with honour.
The Prophet after thinking for a while as to what to do with the war prisoners said to them that they could buy their freedom by either paying ransom or teaching the Muslim boys and girls how to read and write. Historian Hitti said that the Muslim soldiers gave the prisoners camel and horses to ride on but they themselves walked to the city of Medina. Not only that, the Muslim troops sometimes half-starved when the quantity of foods were not enough for both the parties.
I do not know whether the leaders of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the members of the Taliban Militia have read the biography of the Prophet Muhammad (SM), apart from reading the Quran, to take lessons.
Ameer Hamzah
Dhaka
