Islamic State’s execution frenzy

Militants execute one of two gay men by throwing them from a tower as a large crowd watches from below. Source: Twitter

ISIS militants have gone on an execution frenzy in Iraq, murdering at least 20 people in a 48-hour period, including two men "found guilty" of being gay.

Photographs of the killings, shocking even by the group's barbaric standards, have been circulating on social media since last Thursday.

They include images of two blindfolded men being hauled to the top of a seven or eight story tower before being thrown to their deaths, one at a time, as a large crowd watches from below.

One picture is captioned: "The Muslims come to watch the application of the law."

A second man accused of being gay, is pushed to his death from the tower. Source: Twitter

The body of the first man can be seen on the ground as the second falls to his death. Source: Twitter

A large crowd gathers at the foot of the tower to watch the men fall to their deaths. Source: Twitter

Some Muslims — certainly those practising Sharia law — believe that the Prophet Mohammad said homosexuality should be punished with death and it still carries the death penalty in some Islamic countries. However, Iraq is not one of them.

Same-sex intercourse is legal in 22 nations with a Muslim majority, including Albania, Bahrain, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad and Turkey.

A militant reads out the charges during a public execution in Iraq. Source: Twitter

The horrific event, believed to have taken place in the city of Mosul, has provoked global outrage but it was not the only one staged by the terror group last week. At least 17 young men were crucified before being shot in the head in a village square and an alleged adulteress was stoned to death.

Minutes after this photo was taken, the woman, accused of adultery, was stoned to death. Source: Twitter

Syrian news agency SANA said 11 of the 17 men had been charged with apostasy and fighting ISIS during a fierce battle in the province of Deir Ezzor, Syria's seventh largest city.

After they were shot dead, their bodies were mutilated — a practice popular with militants, who regularly post graphic photographs of people they have dismembered, on their Twitter and Facebook accounts.

It's not the first time militants have thrown people off the roof for being gay. The above picture was taken in December. Source: Supplied

SANA identified seven of the executed men as Ibrahim Jarad al-Hajr, Murad Subhi al-Hindawi,

Hamed Ali al-Mohammad, Hamed al-Tneika, As'ad Mohammad al-Assaf and Mohammad Yassin al-Hamad. Another man named as Ahmad Mostafa Ali al-Turki was beheaded, the agency reported.

The men were crucified in the village square before being executed with a shot to the head Source: Twitter

A militant reads out the charges (above) as two others prepare to shoot. Source: Twitter

Images showing the executions were attributed to the "Information Office of the mandate of Nineveh", a city in Iraq, and posted using Just Paste It. The site bears the logo and flag of the Islamic State the photos are dated January 15.

The executions were a show of brute force after several militants, from ISIS and its affiliates, were reportedly assassinated, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The word "Shaheed" in the above tweet refers to the state of martyrdom.

The group has been steadily gaining ground in Iraq and Syria, despite the Coalition stepping up its bombardment in recent weeks.

Then and now: ISIS continues to gain ground. Source: Supplied

This morning, Israeli government officials confirmed seven Israeli Arabs from the northern Galilee region had been arrested for setting up an ISIS cell — the first detected in the country. The men, aged from 22 to 40, were arrested in November and December but authorities only made the case public today.

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