ISIS Beheaded a Street Magician 2015-01-09 01:18 GMT A street magician in Syria beloved by children was beheaded by militants with the Islamic State group after his performances were deemed to be insulting to God, the Daily Mirror reported Wednesday. The murder of the magician, who was known as Sorcerer, was called barbarism and butchery by a Syrian activist who knew him but fled to safety in nearby Turkey. The magician was a popular man who entertained people with little tricks on the street like making coins or [a] phone disappear, the activist told the British tabloid. He was just called Sorcerer by people and children loved him. He was doing nothing anti-Islamic but he paid for it with his life. But to the Islamic State, the group also known as ISIS, the street magicians tricks were anti-Islamic because they were performed through illusions and falsehood, according to the Mirror. They also said the Koran forbids the tricks because the time people spent captivated by them could have been better used by going to a mosque, the tabloid added. The street magician was a staple in Raqqa, the eastern Syrian city where the Islamic State has its base of operations. He was performing there when he was whisked away by militants and later beheaded in a public square. This is the reality of life in Raqqa, murdered in the name of Allah for performing a few tricks, the activist said. Reports of the street magicians beheading surfaced one day after a deputy in the Islamic States police force in Syria was found beheaded, Reuters reported, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The body of the deputy emir of the Islamic States al-Hebah force in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor was also found to be tortured. A message that read, This is evil, you Sheikh, was found on his corpse. SOURCE: aina.org/news/20150108201824.htm Also, see: ibtimes/syrian-street-magician-beheaded-isis-kills-sorcerer-says-magic-tricks-are-insult-1775798
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 01:28:25 +0000
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