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| Alan Henning kidnapping: Wife appeals to Isis to release 'peaceful and selfless' British aid worker | |
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| The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by Islamic State militants has urged his captors to “see it in their hearts” to release him. | The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by Islamic State militants has urged his captors to “see it in their hearts” to release him. |
| Alan Henning,47, was captured in Syria on Boxing Day last year and his life was threatened at the end of a video showing the decapitation of fellow aid worker David Haines last week. | Alan Henning,47, was captured in Syria on Boxing Day last year and his life was threatened at the end of a video showing the decapitation of fellow aid worker David Haines last week. |
| In a statement released via the Foreign Office, Barbara Henning described her husband as “a peaceful, selfless man” and said his visit to Syria as part of a convoy delivering medical supplies was “an act of sheer compassion”. | In a statement released via the Foreign Office, Barbara Henning described her husband as “a peaceful, selfless man” and said his visit to Syria as part of a convoy delivering medical supplies was “an act of sheer compassion”. |
| The taxi driver from Salford, Greater Manchester, joined a convoy of ambulances that set off from Bolton last year to deliver aid to al-Dana, near the Turkish border. | The taxi driver from Salford, Greater Manchester, joined a convoy of ambulances that set off from Bolton last year to deliver aid to al-Dana, near the Turkish border. |
| Profile: A father travellling on a 'worthwhile' aid mission | Profile: A father travellling on a 'worthwhile' aid mission |
| She said her attempts to contact IS had been ignored, adding: “I pray that the people holding Alan respond to my messages and contact me before it is too late. When they hear this message I implore the people of the Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband.” | She said her attempts to contact IS had been ignored, adding: “I pray that the people holding Alan respond to my messages and contact me before it is too late. When they hear this message I implore the people of the Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband.” |
| Last week, three prominent Muslim Imams and Islamic scholars made an impassioned video appeal to release Mr Henning. | Last week, three prominent Muslim Imams and Islamic scholars made an impassioned video appeal to release Mr Henning. |
| In the public message, entitled ‘#FreeAlanHenning - The Islamic Perspective’ and posted to YouTube yesterday, Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad, a Judge for the Sharia Council in London, warned that the execution of Mr Henning would be “haram” – forbidden according to Sharia Law. | In the public message, entitled ‘#FreeAlanHenning - The Islamic Perspective’ and posted to YouTube yesterday, Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad, a Judge for the Sharia Council in London, warned that the execution of Mr Henning would be “haram” – forbidden according to Sharia Law. |
| Killing a soul “unjustly is like he has killed or she has killed the whole of mankind”, Imam Shakeel Begg, from the Lewisham Islamic Centre, said of the beheaders. | Killing a soul “unjustly is like he has killed or she has killed the whole of mankind”, Imam Shakeel Begg, from the Lewisham Islamic Centre, said of the beheaders. |
| Last week it was reported that al-Qaeda had met with IS in the days after he was taken hostage and told them his kidnapping was “counter-productive”. | Last week it was reported that al-Qaeda had met with IS in the days after he was taken hostage and told them his kidnapping was “counter-productive”. |