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| Al-Qaeda video shows public execution of woman accused of adultery | |
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| A video has emerged online that appears to show the execution of a woman accused by al-Qaeda of committing adultery. | |
| The footage was obtained by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which claimed it showed such ritualistic and barbaric executions were not limited to the Isis militant group. | The footage was obtained by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which claimed it showed such ritualistic and barbaric executions were not limited to the Isis militant group. |
| Rami Abdulrahman, the monitoring group’s director, said the video had been filmed on a mobile phone by a member of the al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front. | Rami Abdulrahman, the monitoring group’s director, said the video had been filmed on a mobile phone by a member of the al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front. |
| It shows the woman initially protesting a large group of heavily-armed men standing in a square identified by the Observatory as being in the city of Idlib, up to 80 per cent of which lies under Nusra Front control. | It shows the woman initially protesting a large group of heavily-armed men standing in a square identified by the Observatory as being in the city of Idlib, up to 80 per cent of which lies under Nusra Front control. |
| The video starts with a wide shot showing a square full of heavily-armed jihadists The men can be seen ordering the woman, whose arms appear to be bound behind her back, to kneel. A man wearing a full-length black tunic then issues a speech reportedly declaring the woman has been convicted by an Islamic court of adultery, after which she is shot in the head by a militant in body armour. | The video starts with a wide shot showing a square full of heavily-armed jihadists The men can be seen ordering the woman, whose arms appear to be bound behind her back, to kneel. A man wearing a full-length black tunic then issues a speech reportedly declaring the woman has been convicted by an Islamic court of adultery, after which she is shot in the head by a militant in body armour. |
| The video has proved controversial among jihadis themselves, according to reports in the Mail. | The video has proved controversial among jihadis themselves, according to reports in the Mail. |
| The al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front is reported to control around 80 per cent of the city of Idlib, where the execution is believed to take place Isis and al-Qaeda have repeatedly clashed in recent months on ideological points regarding their differing interpretations of Islam, and one supporter of the so-called Islamic State, known as Abu Hammad, wrote: “Jabhat al-Nusra kills a woman by shooting for adultery. Which Shariah is that???” | The al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front is reported to control around 80 per cent of the city of Idlib, where the execution is believed to take place Isis and al-Qaeda have repeatedly clashed in recent months on ideological points regarding their differing interpretations of Islam, and one supporter of the so-called Islamic State, known as Abu Hammad, wrote: “Jabhat al-Nusra kills a woman by shooting for adultery. Which Shariah is that???” |
| Though experts have said that relations between al-Qaeda and Isis had “never been worse” in the buildup to last week’s shootings in Paris, evidence continues to emerge of a blurring of the boundaries between the two. | Though experts have said that relations between al-Qaeda and Isis had “never been worse” in the buildup to last week’s shootings in Paris, evidence continues to emerge of a blurring of the boundaries between the two. |
| Al-Qaeda militants force the woman to get to her knees, after which a man in body armour shoots her in the head On Wednesday, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a media statement claiming responsibility for the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices that left 12 people dead – but also praised a supermarket siege in which Isis supporter Amedy Coulibaly killed four Jewish men. | Al-Qaeda militants force the woman to get to her knees, after which a man in body armour shoots her in the head On Wednesday, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a media statement claiming responsibility for the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices that left 12 people dead – but also praised a supermarket siege in which Isis supporter Amedy Coulibaly killed four Jewish men. |
| Less than 24 hours later, Isis’s official media wing issued a video in which three French-speaking jihadists praised the attacks as a whole, making no distinction between those supposedly carried out in the names of AQAP and Isis respectively. | Less than 24 hours later, Isis’s official media wing issued a video in which three French-speaking jihadists praised the attacks as a whole, making no distinction between those supposedly carried out in the names of AQAP and Isis respectively. |
| Though the latest al-Qaeda video to emerge appeared genuine, it could not immediately be independently verified. | Though the latest al-Qaeda video to emerge appeared genuine, it could not immediately be independently verified. |