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DonViejo

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Sun Aug 16, 2015, 08:31 AM Aug 2015

ISIS executes gay men by throwing them from a rooftop in Syria [View all]

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
15 AUG 2015 AT 19:31 ET

August 15, 2015
Erica Pishdadian
Posted with permission from International Business Times

The Islamic State group (ISIS) released a new video Friday showing the execution of two men suspected of being gay. The men were thrown from a roof and then stoned to death by a crowd waiting below.

The video, which reportedly takes place in Homs, Syria, is more than six minutes long. It shows a masked ISIS militant reading the “charges” against the two men to an audience lining the street, before the two men are led blindfolded across the roof. The video then shows the men being tossed from it — ISIS’ regular method of execution for those suspected or proven to be homosexual. Although the moment of impact is not included, the crowd is shown surging forward to stone the men after they hit the ground.

The bodies are then removed and washed in accordance with Islamic burial traditions, before being wrapped in white shrouds and placed in unmarked graves.

The title of the video is “But Who Is Better Than God In Judgement: Establishing a Limit Upon the People of Lut – Wilayat Homs,” or “State of Homs,” according to Heavy.com.

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Psychopaths n/t etherealtruth Aug 2015 #1
These guys are a perpetual atrocity exhibition. What do we do about it? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #2
Stand back and shed a tear FrodosPet Aug 2015 #3
Would you have opposed bombing the railroad lines to Auschwitz? (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #13
All that would have done is antagonize the Germans FrodosPet Aug 2015 #14
Sarcasm really doesn't help here leftynyc Aug 2015 #28
Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #4
WTF? smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #10
Wow! Change has come Aug 2015 #15
yes, extremist Islam is immune to all criticism ericson00 Aug 2015 #21
How many of these murdering ISIS bigots nilesobek Aug 2015 #5
It's okay because melman Aug 2015 #6
I'm glad to see that leftynyc Aug 2015 #29
Unpossible Matrosov Aug 2015 #7
have you really seen someone post that "all Muslims are perfectly tolerant and understanding"? DrDan Aug 2015 #8
Really, people here told you "all" Muslims are perfect? DirkGently Aug 2015 #9
you said it perfectly ericson00 Aug 2015 #22
I think we are talking about ISIS here and not all Muslims. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #11
yeah, we're supposed to be all tolerant and understanding of "deeply held religious beliefs", right? Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #12
Apparently so (see above). Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #16
There are a few posts upthread that I think are being deliberately facetious. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #17
Perhaps. Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #19
it seems a jury agreed with you! Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #25
A nice little surprise to be certain. Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #27
No, were supposed to say: romanic Aug 2015 #18
I think people who believe they have an invisible friend in the sky who tells them what to do Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #20
Agreed on all points. romanic Aug 2015 #23
well, let me clarify, because at least for me that's not what I'm after. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #24
What if someone has an invisible friend in the sky that says this is an affront to humanity? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #30
Come now, religion, as always, has nothing to do with this whatthehey Aug 2015 #31
Disgusting! nt Live and Learn Aug 2015 #26
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