Anonymous Coward User ID: 27402623 United Kingdom 01/08/2016 06:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa An Islamic State militant carried out a public "execution" of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say. Ali Saqr, 21, killed his mother, Lena al-Qasem, 45, outside the post office in Raqqa, Syria, eyewitnesses said. Raqqa has served as IS' de facto capital since the group captured the city in August 2013. IS does not tolerate any dissent and imposes brutal punishments, often carried out in public. [ link to www.bbc.co.uk] |