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Showing Original Post only (View all)Crime To Be Gay: ISIS Militants Throw Blindfolded Man Off Tower Block, Then Stone Him To Death [View all]
The ISIS militants blindfolded an elderly man and threw him off a tower block. When he miraculously survived the fall, he was stoned to death. His alleged crime was that he was gay.
While this is certainly no isolated incident depicting the barbaric nature of the terrorist outfit, gruesome images have emerged appearing to show ISIS militants hurling the man off the seven-storey building in the town of Tal Abyad in Raqqa. The man, who was supposedly being punished for having a homosexual affair, apparently survived the fall. But he was stoned to death by a waiting crowd at the foot of the tower block.
London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on intricate and covert network of activists who secretly film and report such incidents has procured the photos. As evident from the photos, the man, believed to be in his 50s, was blindfolded and strapped to a plastic chair. He is seen surrounded by at least two masked militants, who are dressed in black clothing and army fatigues.
While this is certainly no isolated incident depicting the barbaric nature of the terrorist outfit, gruesome images have emerged appearing to show ISIS militants hurling the man off the seven-storey building in the town of Tal Abyad in Raqqa. The man, who was supposedly being punished for having a homosexual affair, apparently survived the fall. But he was stoned to death by a waiting crowd at the foot of the tower block.
London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on intricate and covert network of activists who secretly film and report such incidents has procured the photos. As evident from the photos, the man, believed to be in his 50s, was blindfolded and strapped to a plastic chair. He is seen surrounded by at least two masked militants, who are dressed in black clothing and army fatigues.
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Crime To Be Gay: ISIS Militants Throw Blindfolded Man Off Tower Block, Then Stone Him To Death [View all]
Ykcutnek
Feb 2015
OP
Yep. Turn the other cheek and dig into American history for a false equivalence. nt
Ykcutnek
Feb 2015
#3
Translated: "if we can't right every wrong everywhere, were hypocrites" which is asinine
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#53
Translation: I have a flailing, wholly inconsistent, only when convenient ethics and policy
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#57
Oh yeah, cite your war whipping for attacking Saudi Arabia. If it exists at all, it is at a far
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#59
The reason why your entire line of reasoning is wrong is because it is a false dilemma, a fallacy
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#60
Your expressed rationale was execution of homosexuals, that because of this
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#61
I have no doubt that Conservatives and Christian Fundys in America would do the same thing here if
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#2
Absolutely, just look at Matthew Shepard or any of the martyrs listed at the top of the LGBT group
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#4
If the cops stop enforcing the law they get away with it. Just like in the south during the 60's,
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#56
Oh I don't doubt you haven't heard of these people "in at least a decade"
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2015
#38
Eh, I"ve been called an Islamophobe here because I don't care for Islam's tendency toward theocracy
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#47
"It will always lead to a trial and the murderer, if convicted, will be punished."
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2015
#50
As I've mentioned before, if there's a regressing on legal protections of LGBTs...
MrScorpio
Feb 2015
#64
I'm sick of you folks who refuse to speak of heinous acts that happen because you want to talk about
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#12
I missed that one on first glance. I happen to agree with the responders sentiment but you are right
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#31