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Islamic State leader bans videos showing entire beheadings
London, July 18
The Islamic State (IS)
radical group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has ordered its militants
not to issue propaganda videos showing the entire beheadings of their
captives, pan-Arab daily Al-Quds al-Arabi reported on Friday.
The
Britain-based daily cited pro-IS media sources as saying that
al-Baghdadi has ruled that only the initial cutting of the victim's
throat and the final placing of their head on their body may be shown in
the beheading videos.
Al-Baghdadi's order is intended "to
respect the sensitivities of Muslims and children who find such images
[of entire beheadings] repulsive", Al-Quds al-Arabi said.
The
paper did not state when the order was given but it is believed to have
been in recent weeks. A video that surfaced on Friday purporting to show
an IS boy fighter beheading a Syrian soldier in Palmyra appears to
respect Al-Baghdadi's diktat.