| Islam allows taking the life of another person on certain conditions, one of them being " Verily Allah has prescribed proficiency in all things. Thus if you kill, kill well... Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare the suffering..." Muslim. Other conditions include not to kill women and elders who have not harmed the Muslims and those who say the shahadah. Based on these, the latest beheadings in Iraq are not Islamic, and they have gone outside the sunnah by killing a woman and allowing the executions to be painful. The brothers in Iraq should be reminded that adhering to the correct way in jihaad is essential |
