The ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has, according to a report by dailymail.co.uk, issued a decree banning the barbaric execution videos his militants have become famous for. His reason: They do not want to offend other “Muslims, who might think the videos are scary for children.”
According to the report, he sent a letter to all of his media offices saying they were no longer allowed to show graphic, violent scenes in their carefully edited videos, which caught the attention of the wider world with the emergence of ‘Jihadi John’ in 2014.
However, while some within ISIS believe the videos are “not good for the image of the so-called caliphate”, others insist they “are good for intimidating their opponents.”
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Most of the conflicts, throughout history, have not been about religion. They were all about power and money. Intelligent people place themselves in positions of power within a given religion/cult, and then brainwash less intelligent people to feel a religious duty to kill, torture, and intimidate...all in the name of said religion. In the end? The intelligent people in positions of power within those religions/cults, become richer, and/or more powerful, and they do it by controlling what their followers see and hear and believe. People are easily lead astray by diversional BS and propaganda, down paths that have them taking up arms against one another to defend their narrow views. I believe that if we step outside our petty rivalries and stop bogging down the conversation with trivial arguments that really have no relevance, then we might--just might--see a bigger, uglier, more frightening picture when we look at world affairs today.
Actually most of the DEATH has been about religion, Because the Catholics have killed more people than EVERY war in history combined. And yes IT WAS MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION. But you are correct, american politicians are the root of most of the evil, if not all of it. The US is the Infidel and the rest of the world can see it from "outside the box" plain as day.
And the award for "Changing the subject of Islamic Terrorism to ancient crimes of Christianity" goes to Joel Wilson!
When the hell are you people that want to turn the discussion to Christianity going to learn that you are helping and defending the actions of the terrorists?
Sure we can go back to ancient times and find all sort of atrocities at the hands of all religions. But we are not living in those times. Trying to justify what is going on in todays world at the hands of Muslim Islamic Terrorists by comparing these horrors to ancient atrocities is intellectually dishonest and best.
LOL silly, what about whats going on right here in front of you? What about all your leaders being outright crooks and terrorists also? ISIS is the last of our worries, first we need to change leadership. They are worse than ANYTHING ISIS can do to us half way across the world.
They're all rag heads and they are the reason we have nuclear bombs - turn them into pieces of glass.
You are the reason people are lining up to join ISIS every day, just another stupid american.
riiiiight - and you're clueless.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE!!!!!!! Let's please remain human, remember the horrors of the past in the context it should be remembers as: Jesus- Peaceful, Loving, Savior, but no long living in the flesh; Muhammad- Peaceful, Loving, Prophet; Hitler- Dictator, Hater, Murderer, but luckily no longer living in the flesh; al Baghdadi- DICTATOR, HATER, MURDERER, but still alive and continuing to spread his hatred and murdering schemes around the world. Stay within the context and talk about the fact that there is a murdering schemer, and he is a murder that does not perform the murders, he just hires out. He preaches peace to his own people, but does not respect the rest of the world. There are millions more of us peaceful and loving people, than there are of his hating and murdering kind, unless we all want to murder each other. Let's show him and his kind how peaceful and loving we can be to each other as Islamist, Jewish, Christians, Hindus, Buddhist, including Muslims, Blacks, Asians, Whites, Indians, etc. COEXIST>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
American politicians spread hatred fear and worse every day.
That is our only role as people of faith - to learn to live together on this planet. That is the mission our faith prepares us for. The choice is always ours to make - peace or non-peace.
Namaste
Too late animal
This means they'll stop executing people for whatever reason they pull out of their arse, right? *hears the crickets churping*
really stay current---makes sense to me. he got what he wanted---almost 200 billion dollars. Now, people speculate why they try to act a little ''humane'?
He has 200 Billion dollars? LOL ya right. We would all be dead.
Politically it makes sense to tone down the imagery. Daesh (ISIS) has taken and held territory. The have a government and if you can believe it, have currency. It seems like no one is really too interested in uprooting them. It may not even be in the USA's interest to do so. Daesh hates Iran and it's Shia population even more than they hate America. Iraq has been turning into an Iranian proxy state after all.
Don't mistake what I said as supporting them. I would would see every last one of them impaled like Vlad Tepes would have down. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is better known — Vlad the Impaler often mistake for Dracula.
Not mistaken for Dracula, hes what Dracula stories were created from.
All of you bible thumping jerks need a reality check. Every religion is made up to suit that religions needs. People have manipulated on another on this for millions of years. All of you are frauds..... Keep sending your money into your church to buy your ticket to heaven. Good luck with that.... Last time i checked you wind up in a hole right next to the rest of them. Good , bad and ugly. One thing is for sure. A cemetery is where you finish.So take all of your symbols , comments and bibles with you.
And the point your getting at is???? That your an idiot? With an opinion that not even a Neanderthal would believe? Its all good, you will stand in front of god and explain yourself to, just like all of us :)
ISIS are a bunch of fucking cowards and pussies! What kind of fucking lunatic thinks that everyone who isn't Muslim should die? Fucking dumb asses! People existed long before any religion, especially psycho Muslims. The definition of Jihad:
1: a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; also : a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline
2: a crusade for a principle or belief.
Like I said, fucking lunatic, psychotic, delusional cowards and pussies.