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Before ISIS: A history of beheadings to terrify, punish

RASHID KHALIDI:

At length when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind the captives firmly. Therefore is the time for either generosity or ransom…

I've just read Sura 47 verse 4. If you cut off their heads you're not going to bind them, and you're not binding them to cut off their heads you're binding them to either be generous to them, release them, or hold them for ransom.

So there is nothing about cutting off their heads in this passage. The people who are doing this act claiming this as justification for this practice. It is not. And it just shows that they know nothing about Islam and they don't know how to read this properly.

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Fernande Dalal

Update: 2024-08-29