The burning of the Jordanian pilot has caused an uproar in the Middle East. Most countries have condemned the killings. The head of Sunni Islam’s most respected center of learning said the Islamic State militants merit punishments under Islamic law such as “killing, crucifixion or chopping of the limbs. Islam prohibits the taking of an innocent life.” The secretary general of the largest Muslim political bloc, the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation, strongly condemned the killing as an affront to the faith.
He also lamented the “depth of malaise” in parts of the Middle East, along with the “intellectual decay, the political fragmentation and the abuse of Islam, the great religion of mercy.”
But will these sentiments be converted into action against ISIS?
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