ISIS Kills Women’s Rights Activist After She Criticizes Them On Facebook
ISIS has executed a women’s rights activist in the city of Mosul after she criticized them on Facebook for destroying national monuments.
Samira Salih al-Nuaimi was seized from her home on September 17 shortly after she allegedly posted messages on Facebook that were critical of the militants’ destruction of religious sites in the city.
According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq, al-Nuaimi was tried in a Sharia law court for apostasy, before being tortured for five days and eventually being sentenced to public execution…
Al-Nuaimi was killed on Monday, according to a statement released by the UN mission today. Her Facebook page appears to have been deleted since her death.
‘By torturing and executing a female human rights’ lawyer and activist, defending in particular the civil and human rights of her fellow citizens in Mosul, ISIL continues to attest to its infamous nature, combining hatred, nihilism and savagery, as well as its total disregard of human decency,’ Nickolay Mladenov, the UN envoy to Iraq, said in a statement, referring to the group by an alternative name.[su_csky_ad]
Robert Merrill Taylor September 25th, 2014 at 8:32 pm
We have to stop using nice words. ISIL did not “execute” Samira Salih al-Nuaimi, they murdered her. They did not “claim responsibility”, they confessed guilt.
mmaynard119 September 25th, 2014 at 8:42 pm
Well stated, Mr. Taylor.
Spirit of America September 26th, 2014 at 2:35 pm
I want to be very careful here, I have NO intention of offending anyone, or seeming to be picayune just for the sake of it. It is not my intention at all.
That being said, what determines the use of the words ‘execute’ and ‘murder’ in ths type of scenario is a matter of target audience & message, not ‘accuracy’.
What I mean by that is if you are trying to send a message to isil, then you want to use the word ‘murder’. It sends to them that they are NOT recognized as a sovereign state AND that they had no right to execute anyone because of that fact AND it reduces them to just thuggery. Words are VERY important/symbolic to them and they’ll see the insult/declaration that it is.
If target audience is the ‘civilized’ world you want to use the word ‘execute’ to demonstrate to the folks what isil thinks of itself, and how life is under their control and how if allowed to get more land, how more people will die because of their ‘right’ to execute for such reasons as a real state.
To further clarify, should someone kill & torture dozens of children, a state has the ‘right’ to execute that person, in legal terms(whether you’re for the death penalty or not, this is legal aspect), and it is done in the name of the state. However, if a person shoots to death another person because they didn’t like the color of their shirt, it is then called murder.
Robert Merrill Taylor September 27th, 2014 at 11:46 am
“What I mean by that is if you are trying to send a message to isil, then
you want to use the word ‘murder’. It sends to them that they are NOT
recognized as a sovereign state AND that they had no right to execute
anyone because of that fact AND it reduces them to just thuggery.” Which is what I am trying to do. When dealing with evil thugs, their feelings are about the last things on my mind.
Spirit of America September 27th, 2014 at 12:19 pm
But, and this is MY VIEW, each of us needs to do their part as best as can. You being a well-read writer, and trust me, isil surfs as much if not more than other folks, can help in the mental campaign against them. So their feelings really should be a part of writers, doing any amount of damage as each of us can and it does accumulate.
And please, I’m in no way putting down what/how you wrote(I liked the piece), I was mentioning that the words do matter.
fancypants September 25th, 2014 at 8:44 pm
maybe the UN will wake up and do something about this but don’t count on it
William September 25th, 2014 at 9:04 pm
It is time.
juicyfruityyy September 25th, 2014 at 10:14 pm
RIP
granpa.usthai September 26th, 2014 at 3:06 am
don’t know what form of ‘enhanced interrogation’ was used, but in Saudi Arabia when a SE Asian maid is accused of being sexually provocative enough to cause the male employer to beat her up and rape her, they’re usually held outside in the sun for a long enough duration to accept their guilt before being beheaded.
rg9rts September 26th, 2014 at 7:36 am
Winning the hearts and minds