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Jesus Malverde

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8. 15-year-old boy executed for blasphemy by Syria jihadists
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 11:01 AM
Aug 2013

Muhammed Qatta was executed in the northern province of Aleppo on Sunday by the Al-Qaeda front group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. He had been accused of using the Prophet Mohammed's name in an offensive manner, the organisation said.

The group said the boy was working at his coffee stand in Aleppo when he was abducted by three armed men who arrived in a black car, according to witnesses. Qatta's mother said one of the men appeared to be local while the others spoke with foreign accents. The men reportedly abducted him on Saturday and came back the following day, with the boy bearing torture marks.

The rebels then shot the boy in the head and neck with an automatic rifle in front of a crowd that included Qatta's parents. Before shooting him, the rebels reportedly declared that taking the name of the Prophet in vain was a sin and that others who did so would be similarly punished.

According to reports, the rebels targeted the boy because he had said he wouldn't give out coffee on credit "even if (Mohammad) comes back to life." The saying - or at least a variation of it - is a common phrase used by Syrians, according to Al Jazeera.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10111687/15-year-old-boy-executed-for-blasphemy-by-Syria-jihadists.html

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