Posted on 11/17/2014 7:42:35 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Over the last few years, we've seen a dozen Western hostages convert to Islam in order to appease their captors, or in the hopes of getting better treatment.
It never works, of course. The hostages are still beaten, or killed, regardless of their profession of faith.
It would seem intuitive for Islamic State hostages to convert to Islam in order to win some modicum of mercy from captives who proclaim profound religiosity. But it clearly doesn’t work, according to accounts and stories from Somalia to Syria. And why should it, since the Islamic State has proven itself willing to execute people of all faiths by the thousand? The only out for a hostage seems to be ransom or escape.
Conversion to Islam appears fairly common among jihadists’ hostages. Executed journalist James Foley, who until his capture was a devout Christian and spent a prior captivity stint in prayer, converted to Islam and took the name Abu Hamza, according to a harrowing New York Times report. “I recited the Quran with him,” fellow hostage Jejoen Bontinick, 19, told the Times. “Most people would say, ‘Let’s convert so that we can get better treatment.’ But in his case I think it was sincere.” Fellow hostages Kassig and reportedly John Cantlie also converted, as well as a “majority of Western prisoners,” the Times said.
It’s impossible to determine whether someone in captivity and threatened with death converts willingly or is capable of doing so. Sometimes, such conversions are clearly forced, as was the case for Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Ola Wiig, who were captured in Gaza. (In a video declaring fealty to Islam, both men stumbled on their recitations.)
For Foley, it might have been different. “Mr. Foley had been captivated by Islam,”
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When are the do gooders humanitarian aid lemmings going to realize that humanitarian aid is for humans, and realize moslems do not meet that criteria. They continue to blindly throw themselves at the moslem beheading knife under the impression they are trying to help non human filth.
Abdul Rahman spat on this country and turned his back on it.
The wages of treason are death. In a way, its kind of fitting he ended up losing his head.
Good riddance to Muslim scum.
Precisely.
These savages have perfected Orwell's vision of evil incarnate more completely than any other totalitarian group in the history of the world. What they lack in bureaucracy they more than compensate for in blood-lust.
If someone wants to go play with Muzzies in Middle East it is not the business of me and mine if they are captured or killed.
It is stupid to think you will be rescued if you play with fire. Clam up and die!
The Middle East needs to take care of itself. The Russians and EU are a lot closer and it is their job to deal.
Being from Indianapolis we were inundated with these sad scene nightly. The mother wearing Muslim garb praying with local Muslims and groveling, begging Isis to show mercy. It was pretty pathetic.
bkmk
I don't understand how they could have no clue as to the nature of what they are dealing with.
Maybe it's just the desperation of a mother trying to save her son...
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