Beginning in 2014, a number of people from various countries were beheaded by the Islamic State (IS), a radical Sunni Jihadist group operating in Iraq and Syria...

the 'Islamic State' is run, from oil to beheadings". CNN. Retrieved 21 September 2014. Ruthven, Malise (9 July 2015). "Inside the Islamic State. Review...

decapitation within its Islamic legal system. The majority of executions carried out by the government of Saudi Arabia are public beheadings, which usually cause...

2015). "Goto beheaded by Islamic State militants". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 2, 2015. "ISIS video appears to show beheadings of Egyptian Coptic...

"John", "Paul", "George", and "Ringo". The group carried out the 2014 beheadings in Iraq and Syria of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff...

On 19 August 2014, a video depicting the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley was posted by Islamic State terrorists on YouTube and other sites. When...

areas under their control. Islamic State beheading incidents Sara Hussein and Rita Daou (3 September 2014). "Jihadists beheadings sow fear, prompt Muslim...

killing by beheading, immolation, shooting, or other means of soldiers and civilians (such as captives and "criminals") by the Islamic State of Iraq and...

Schoolgirls Beheaded in Area of Religious Tension[permanent dead link‍] Indonesia Matters: Poso Beheadings Trial BBC News: Alert after Indonesia beheadings...

public beheadings in Saudi Arabia had been forbidden. There was speculation that this was due to the international repercussion of public beheadings then...

as Abdul-Rahman Kassig, was an American aid worker who was beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Kassig was born and raised in Indianapolis...

several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group Islamic State (IS) showing the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015. A group of his...

trial". Associated Press. 6 April 2022. "A Man Pleads Guilty in Islamic State Beheadings of U.S. Hostages". NPR. 2 September 2021. Dearden, Lizzie (31 March...

beheading of Steven Sotloff, and of fellow journalist James Foley a month prior, initiated broad public awareness of ISIL/ISIS after the beheadings were...

Al-Qaeda Islamic State Al-Shabaab Mujahideen Palestinian Islamic Jihad Taliban Hamas Jemaah Islamiyah The variant used by the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda...

late as 2000. Beheadings have emerged as another terror tactic especially in Iraq since 2003. Civilians have borne the brunt of the beheadings, although U...

international recruitment. The Islamic State is widely known for its posting of disturbing content, such as beheading videos, on the internet. This propaganda...

Message to America is an undated beheading video, depicting the death of Steven Sotloff, published by the Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS, IS) media department...

On 12th February 2015, the Islamic State (IS) released a report in their online magazine Dabiq showing photos of 21 Egyptian Christian construction workers...

British aid worker who was captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in early 2013 and beheaded in early September 2014. Haines was born...

caught trying to join the Islamic State". The Washington Post. Jacoby, Tim (14 August 2018). "Islam and the Islamic State's Magazine, Dabiq". Politics...

Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam is a 2015 book by Erick Stakelbeck. The book focuses on the spread of Islamic State of...

city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Images of the results of both beheadings were published in the Islamic State's an-Naba newsletter. In 2023, ISIS–K claimed responsibility...

fourth Western hostage killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with his killing publicised in a beheading video. Henning was captured during...

had a branch in Iraq. In 2008, Islamic State of Iraq appeared to have at least 80 execution videos, mostly beheadings, lying on the shelf that had never...

nature, which followed a well-publicized recent series of beheadings carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Nolen pleaded not guilty by...

France, by an Islamic terrorist. The perpetrator, Abdoullakh Abouyezidovich Anzorov, an 18-year-old Chechen Muslim refugee, killed and beheaded Paty with...

This is a list of leaders of the Islamic State since the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq. Abu Mohammad al-Adnani Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir Abu Hamza...

Capital punishment in Islam is traditionally regulated by the Islamic law (sharīʿa), which derived from the Quran, ḥadīth literature, and sunnah (accounts...

The Islamic State – Algeria Province (IS-AP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية الجزائر, ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah – Wilayah al-Jazā’ir) was a branch of the...