Posted on 01/06/2016 8:16:52 AM PST by Texas Fossil
The Islamic State executed independent citizen journalist Ruqia Hassan in what is believed to be the group's first capital punishment of a woman for reporting inside its territory, posted citizen journalists from Raqqa on Facebook over the weekend.
Better known by her pseudonym "Nisan Ibrahim," Hassan wrote about life under IS rule on her personal Facebook page and "often reported on airstrikes in Raqqa as they happened," Furat al-Wafaa, an independent citizen journalist formerly with the Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently media campaign, tells Syria Direct's Ammar Hammou.
Although the exact date of the execution is unknown, Hassan's social media reporting abruptly stopped on July 21, 2015. At some point between July and December, Hassan disappeared from Raqqa city.
IS informed Hassan's family of her execution on charges of "espionage" only three days ago, reported Syrian opposition Arabic-language media on Monday.
In one of her last posts, which was a response to an IS decision to ban Wi-Fi hotspots in Raqqa city, Ruqia showed a capacity for joking about the conditions citizen journalists work under in IS-held territories: "Go ahead and cut off the internet, our messenger pigeons won't complain," reads her post from July 20.
Ruqia Hassan's execution marks the fifth journalist who had covered the Islamic State reported killed since October.
"IS always wants to keep the sword hovering over the people's necks."
Q: On January 2, the Islamic State (IS) reportedly executed a female citizen journalist from Raqqa following her arrest and detainment. Is this the first time that IS has executed a woman for involvement in media activity and can you give us background on her story?
Ruqia Hassan was an independent Kurdish journalist from Raqqa known by the pseudonym "Nisan Ibrahim." She participated in all of the revolution's protests, from the earliest street demonstrations against the regime up until recent protests against IS. Ruqia continuously challenged IS and often reported on airstrikes on Raqqa as they happened. Her execution is the first time IS has carried out the death penalty against a female citizen journalist.
Q: What does IS seek to achieve from executing citizens and journalists who they accuse of working with foreign media?
IS always wants to keep the sword hovering over the people's necks. They want their fighters and supporters to know that the Islamic State is capable of taking revenge against those who speak against them.
Go to the link and look at the photo (had trouble posting it). Beauty destroyed by Satan's servants. ISIS is pure Evil.
And it was spawned by Obama.
Look - this is nothing. What’s more important is those Christian businesses denying service to the GAYSTAPO. You need to prioritize your priorities. (yeh, sarcasm)
The wickedest of Islam?
Your point is well taken.
And yes, we agree on that. They destroy good honest people’s lives for exercising constitutionally protected freedom of religion. Only an evil Rogue government would allow this to happen.
God Help the US.
Yes. Pure Evil.
Nothing else describes it.
And the source? The Bastard is the nearest agent.
Islam per se is a mongrel, eclectic system of belief. I came across a Facebook post from a former Muslim not too long ago that points out how the name of Jesus gets more airtime in the Koran than the name of Mohammed does. (Hadiths are another story.) Some of that is distorted, but what is left is enough to form the basis of a theology that approaches Christian.
What we see here is the maddest side and it reflects how Mohammed went insane.
Some thoughtful historical reflection could, maybe more easily than we might think, get a lot of Muslims on a path towards Christian faith. Could a lot of them in the hinterlands be getting very disgusted with how this is playing out? It’s one thing to harbor grudges, another one to want to go to this extent to carry them out, or even find yourself pressed to do so. This could be a pregnant moment in which to present them with an alternative.
And most definitely our dear Barack had a hand in fomenting it. That doesn’t, however, remove the fact of the actual nearest agent which isn’t even Barack. It’s the devil.
“It’s the devil.”
Agree.
That exact thing has happened in Egypt. Sisi has asked the clerics if it is possible for Islam to have a Reformation.
I must admit, he stopped the butchery of Christians immediately after he took charge after removing Obama’s buddy Morsi. And he promised and did in fact rebuild quite a number of churches that had been burnt by the Muslim Brotherhood.
And the Muslim Brotherhood leadership (1200?) are still in prison too. It will remain so.
So, yes your comment is very worth noting.
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