Posted on 09/15/2014 7:42:54 AM PDT by SJackson
Kind of like the what the Iroquois and Algonquians use to do to do to their captives, men and women.
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The book I read said the Moslems made a Jewish Butcher do the flaying of Bragadino. In 1580 the skin was stolen from Constantinople and brought to Venice. But the Moslems of that time were probably not Moslems any more than ISIS/ISIF/IS are Moslems of today./sarc/
“The skin was preserved first in the church of San Gregorio, then interred with full honors in the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo,[5] where it still is.” Wikipedia
There is a good reason for the Dracula story and its name is islam.
ok, sorry my sarcasm detector doesnt work very well sometimes
They do it to show they can do whatever they want, and to show they don’t need to accept Western morality or “rules of engagement” or logic or any other standard of behavior connected with the WestThe author said
These condemned men do not deserve to die. They have done nothing wrong. Yet we kill them anyway, and we do so in our own way, without any pretense of any relationship between us. We do not recognize any mutual obligations between us and our victims. We do not seek their sanction, nor do we seek the world’s. We do not pretend to care about justice. We kill because we can.And I agree with you both. They're expressing their rejection of the west, and their belief they will prevail over western values.
I'm not rejecting the Islamic support for beheading mentioned by many on the thread. But the Islam connection is the need for dominance over the infidel. Beheading is simply a means which gets our attention. You'll recall the burning and hanging of bodies in Iraq a decade or so. Got some play in the media, but nothing like this. If it had, they'd be burning journalists. Recall the War of Jenkins' Ear. If it could attract the attention they need for recruiting they'd be chopping off ears. They're sending us a message
“Behead Us”? Siskind can speak for himself but not for me. Our journalists should go armed to the teeth or no story. Otherwise, their heads become the story.
Cause and effect...
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Yeshua and for the word of ELoHIM, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Moshiach for a thousand years.
Mark in the forehead...
Quran
Surat Al-Fatĥ
48:29 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah ; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.
You get marked in the forehead from bowing to Mecca...
Journalist Once Held by Islamic State Militants Reveals Why He Believes Beheading Victims Appeared So Calm Before Their Deaths
Sep. 16, 2014 10:15am Billy Hallowell
One of the many elements surrounding the Islamic State’s horrific beheadings has been questions surrounding why — and how — the victims appear so calm just seconds before dying.
A French journalist who was once held by the terror group believes that the captives likely didn’t realize what was about to happen.
Europe 1 radio reporter Didier Francois, 53, who was released earlier this year after 10 months of confinement with the Islamic State, said that militants put captives through a number of mock executions and, as a result, they were worn down and didn’t know what was to come, according to the Daily Mail.
“They did not realise that this time it was the real thing,” he said.
Francois claimed last month that he saw James Foley, an American journalist with whom he was detained, being forced to stand against a wall and pose as though “he had been crucified” before his death.
Observers have also pondered how the three victims — British aid worker David Haines and American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff — remained composed in light of their horrific circumstances, which were recorded by the terror group.
“All three men have appeared to display a quiet acceptance of their fate, leading to speculation that they either did not realise what awaited them or, that after a long and desperate confinement, any release was preferable to remaining in the hands of their tormentors,” the Guardian’s Martin Chulov wrote Sunday.
One diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Chulov that the victims appeared to be used to being tortured and threatened with death.
“It seems to me that each of those poor men had been used to mock executions,” he said. “They had been forced to do this sort of thing before. This is how depraved this group is.”
As for Francois, who was held for 10 months and released in April, he initially remained silent upon returning, keeping quiet for the sake of his former fellow prisoners.
“I never spoke about it publicly because the kidnappers had threatened reprisals on the remaining hostages if we spoke,” Francois said in a recent interview. “We contacted the families of the kidnapped and the American authorities, but publicly we decided to keep quiet
They do it for the same reason the Japanese did it - to induce terror and to compel surrender. And it works.
Because they are genetic throwbacks and socially retrograde.
This IS the 21’s century and yet, not one of THEM could score above two digits on an IQ measure that any 12 year old in the US would ace.
Instilling fear is one. But ‘War Trophies’ is the other. Displaying body parts of the enemy publicly is a very old practice. Visually & symbollically, the head of a dead enemy sends a particularly powerful message. War trophies are actually banned by (western) military law.
Remember who the Muslims worship, the one whom Jesus said was “from the begining a liar, a thief, and a murderer”.
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