IS distributes a circulare clarifying Allah’s hodud in a mosque in al- Raqqa City
SOHR received a copy of a circular distributed by IS in a mosque in the city of al- Raqqa. They said that it explains “ Allah’s rules and hodud” (Hodud are the Islamic punishments carried out against someone who commit a deadly sins). The circular states “Islamic State believes in Allah almighty, who revealed the Quraa, and denies the United Nations which fights Allah, and due to we disbelieve of the rules legislated by human beings we promise Allah almighty to carry out his Sharia (law) on his land among his worshipers even though the Unbelievers may detest (it).The circular continues “We clarify Allah’s Hodud for people by mentioning the sin and its punishment as follows:
- The punishment of insulting Allah is the death.
- The punishment of insulting the prophet is the death even though the person repent.
- The punishment of insulting Islam is the death.
- The punishment of adultery is to stone the married person to death and to whip the single person 100 whips and exile for 1 year.
- The punishment of sodomy is to kill both men who do this sin.
- The punishment of thievery is to cut the person’s hand.
- The punishment of drinking alcoholic is the whip of 80 whips.
- The punishment of accusing somebody of adultery is the whip of 80 whips.
- The punishment of spying for the sake of unbelievers is the killing.
- The punishment of apostasy is the death.
- The punishment of banditry is the killing and crucifying if the person kill and take money, if he kill somebody he will be killed in turn, if he take money’s people his right hand and his left leg will be cut and the person who panic people will be exiled.
“We make people fear of Allah and call them to win Allah’s mercy by obeying his order and keep away from his prohibitions, where the real warfare in doing this. Therefore, the ruler who does not carry out Allah’s Sharia has no goodness. We are not going to tolerate in carrying out this great purpose, where IS has sacrificed hundreds its righteous sons, and it even carry out Allah’s law on its own members like killing some of them”. The circular ended.
IS executed 38 civilians in the provinces of Deir Ezzor, Aleppo and Homs for “insulting Allah, cooperating with the regime and banditry” as well as it executed 3 members of the regime forces rising the number of civilians and members of the regime forces executed by since the declaration of its alleged “Caliphate” in Syria in 6/28/2014 until 05/15/2015 has risen to 2192.
The death toll is as follows:
1397 civilians, including 9 children and 19women. They were executed by beheading, shooting or stoning in the provinces of Deir Ezzor, al- Raqqa, al- Hasakah, Aleppo, Homs and Hama. 930 out of 1362 are from al- Shaitaat tribe in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
137 fighters of the Nusra Front, rebel and Islamic battalions. IS executed them after arresting them either in clashes between the mentioned battalions and IS or on IS- checkpoint.
Islamic State also executed 126 of its own members for “exceeding the limits in religion and spying for foreign countries”; most of them executed after arresting them during their attempt to come back home.
532 officers and soldiers of the regime forces. They were arrested during clashes between IS and the regime forces.
Courtesy of the Syrian Observatory .
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