Egypt: ISIS beheads 100-year-old Sufi cleric for allegedly practising witchcraft
22 Nov 2016 7:38 AM GMT
The photo shows an ISIS jihadist clad in black dress, with a sword in his hand, readying to severe the cleric's head.
ISIS in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula beheaded a 100-year-old Sufi cleric for allegedly practising witchcraft. (Photo: Screengrab)
Arish: ISIS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has beheaded a 100-year-old Sufi cleric for allegedly practising witchcraft.
According to a report in Al Arabiya, photos have emerged online of the execution of Sheikh Sulaiman Abu Haraz by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, or ISIS, in 2014.
The photo shows an ISIS jihadist, clad in black dress and a sword in his hand, readying to severe Haraz’s head.
The Islamist extremist outfit had kidnapped Haraz at gunpoint from in front of his house in Arish city. Haraz was one of the symbolic Sufi clerics in Sinai Peninsula.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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