Written by Robert Spencer

isis-flag-youtube-afpThe Independent hauls out Charlie Winter of the UK’s Quilliam Foundation, a group that claims to stand against jihad terror but attacks genuine counter-jihadists and opposes Israel. Winter does his best to absolve Islam of any responsibility for inciting this barbarity, but it is getting tougher to do so all the time. He admits that the Islamic State uses Qur’an 5:33 (described moronically by the Independent or Winter below as a passage from “the fifth book” of the Qur’an) to justify crucifying people, but then says that the next verse mitigates the punishment. However, the next verse just says: “Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” What if this boy didn’t return repenting? The learned Mr. Winter of the Quilliam Foundation doesn’t explain that, and the Independent doesn’t ask him to.

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