Islamic State militants in Libya crucified three brothers of a local
family after suspicions arose that they were supporting the local Libyan
government, which under ISIS law is equivalent to apostasy.
The
militants hung the three brothers on crosses and were left out for
public viewing for about five hours. A photo circulated last week
showing the brothers being crucified in the coastal town of Derna,
Libya, after they refused to turn over their brother who was accused of
supporting the Libyan Army.
The Islamic State has been
attempting to coerce the town’s residents into joining their military
ranks as part of their efforts to overtake the Libyan National Army.
ISIS has advertised an upcoming lecture entitled “The Start of the End”
in town, in order to convince non-believers to submit to their cause and
join their ranks. Those who do not pledge allegiance to the group will
face death.
"The situation is really, really bad nowadays, They
are going to ask all people to declare their allegiance to the caliphate
and if they don't do it, they will punish them," an anti-ISIS activist
told Newsweek .
"A friend of mine who is working with ISIS said that they will force
people to go to ISIS and declare because they want help in the war."
ISIS
has long used crucifixion as means of embarrassing those they kill, as,
in their eyes,comparing the dead to Jesus Christ is a great insult. It
is the stated goal of the terrorist organization to eradicate
Christianity from all their territories.
In April, ISIS released
a video showing about 15 Christian men being beheaded on a beach, and
another group of the same size, in an area of shrub land, being shot in
the head. Prior to that, 28 Coptic Christians were beheaded on the
shores of Libya in February.
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