In a Syrian City, ISIS Puts Its Vision Into Practice
One reads this with split emotions. On one hand, these jihadists appear to be restoring order and reducing crime rates. [Who wants to steal anything when the punishment is cutting off of a hand?] But, it also shows the brutality of enforcing Sharia law and removing any and all things that are not Islam.
Read more @ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/world/middleeast/islamic-state-controls-raqqa-syria.html?_r=1
One reads this with split emotions. On one hand, these jihadists appear to be restoring order and reducing crime rates. [Who wants to steal anything when the punishment is cutting off of a hand?] But, it also shows the brutality of enforcing Sharia law and removing any and all things that are not Islam.
Read more @ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/world/middleeast/islamic-state-controls-raqqa-syria.html?_r=1
