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On October 19, 2015, the media office of the Islamic State in Barqah, Libya released a video featuring the beheading of a Christian man from South Sudan and the execution of a Libyan soldier. In the video, which was released on the ISIS-affiliated online forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, the South Sudanese national identified himself as Kuel Gai Owek Ajak, a Christian from the Bahr Al-Ghazal region. Addressing the Muslims in South Sudan, his executioner assured them that ISIS will defend them and "cut all the hands which attempt to harm you." To the Christians in South Sudan, he said, "As you kill, you will be killed and as you have displaced our brothers, you will be displaced." He added, "We will fight all of you as you fight all of us."
The other man, who identified himself as infantry soldier Faraj Ismael Abd Al-Hameed, said he had been captured in Al-Nawaqiyyah region, west of Benghazi. Addressing the people of Su'aitat, the Libyan tribes, and all those who collaborated with the Libyan army, he urged them to repent and to know that they are dying while the sons of Libyan National Army commander Gen. Khalifa Haftar are abroad. Before shooting him point-blank, his executioner said that "the soldiers of the tyrant and the Sahawat of apostasy" would be killed by the soldiers of the Caliphate.
The video also featured African men who have converted to Islam. One man, described as a Christian from Al-Sabery region, was shown reciting the Shahada (testimony of faith) as a declaration of his conversion to Islam.
Source: shamikh1.info, October 19, 2015
