ISIS executes clerics, civilians for condemning pilot’s burning

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region:  The Islamic State (ISIS) executed two Muslim clerics and beheaded four civilians in Mosul for condemning the burning of the Jordanian pilot alive, security sources and human rights group said on Wednesday.

"ISIS executed the Imam of Nabi Yunis mosque, Sheikh Abdullah Fahad and the Imam of Kabir Mosque, Sheikh Ayub Abdul Wahab in Mosul," a security source told Rudaw.

He added that both of Imams were executed by firing squad and their bodies were handed over to the morgue in Mosul. 

According to Iraqi observatory group for human rights, ISIS also beheaded four people for condemning the group for burning the Jordanian pilot alive.

“We have received reports and information, indicating ISIS beheaded four civilians in 17 Tamuz neighborhood of Mosul for criticizing the burning of the Jordanian pilot Mouath Kasasbeh via facebook,” Mohamed Shawqi al-Nadawi, the spokesman for the Iraqi observatory said in a press conference.

The burning of Mouath al-Kasaesbeh brought worldwide condemnations, including the most prominent Sunni authority of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University and a pledge of revenge from the Jordanian government against ISIS.