Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria have released sickening images of a young man having his hand hacked off after he was accused of stealing. The images, understood to have been taken in the terror group's de facto capital Raqqa, show the terrified young man being dragged out onto a public square in front of a bloodthirsty crowd. The blindfolded victim is forced to sit in a chair in the centre of the square, where he is held in place by one of the jihadis, while two others use a large meat cleaver to brutally sever his hand from his arm. Sick: The victim is seen pinned in a chair by a group of men, one of whom uses a chord to pull his arm taut while two others place a heavy meat cleaver on the top of his wrist, ready to strike. Horror: The images, understood to have been taken in ISIS' de facto capital Raqqa, show the terrified young man being led from a vehicle by three heavily armed terrorists, one of whom appears to be no older than 16. The horrific images were shared on the Twitter page of the local  activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, who work undercover in the city to expose the atrocities committed by ISIS. The four photographs are high quality shots and carry the distinctive yellow branding of ISIS' Al-Hayat Media Center, suggesting they may be stills from an as-yet unreleased propaganda video. The first image shows the blindfold and baseball cap-wearing victim being led from a vehicle by three heavily armed Islamic State terrorists, one of whom appears to be no older than 16. Another shot captures a bearded cleric appearing to read charges against the man - using a microphone and PA system to tell the crowd of sadistic onlookers that the man is accused of stealing. The victim is then seen pinned in a chair by a separate group of men, one of whom uses a chord to pull his arm taut while two others place a heavy meat cleaver on the top of his wrist, ready to strike. A final image shows the victim lying on his back in agony on a metal gurney while a man who appears to be a surgeon tends to the injury on his left hand. Accusations: A bearded cleric appears to read charges against the man - using a microphone and PA system to tell the gathered crowd of sadistic onlookers that the man has been accused of stealing. Painful: A final image shows the victim lying on his back in agony on a metal gurney while a man who appears to be a surgeon tends to the injury on his left hand. The video comes just one day after ISIS released gruesome footage of the murder of a man the terror group accused of working as a spy. The video was filmed in  Aleppo and shows a man believed to be named Ahmed Muhammad being led out to a forecourt by masked executioners, who then shoot him in the head multiple times at point blank range. In a chilling sign of ISIS' reach and influence, Muhammad is understood to have been accused of working as part of a secret spy network based  in neighbouring NATO member state Turkey before his brutal filmed execution over the border in Syria. Titled 'A Lesson To Be Learned', the three minute 40 second video has all the hallmarks of an official ISIS release - employing HD cameras, Hollywood-style sound and visual effects and slick editing and direction. It also carries the logo of one of the group's official Aleppo-based propaganda arms, Halab. The Islamic State cherry picks sections of the Koran and misinterprets the accounts of the Prophet Muhammad in order to wage jihad and sign up new recruits, experts say. It is estimated that 20,000 people have streamed into the territory in Iraq and Syria, where ISIS has proclaimed what it calls a 'caliphate', ruled by its often brutal version of Islamic law. The group purport to recreate the conquests and rule of the Prophet Muhammad and his successors and maintains its worst brutalities - such as beheading captives - only prove its purity in following what it contends is the prophet's example. But now Muslims clerics and other experts are speaking out, saying that the group hand picks what it wants from Islam's holy book, the Koran, and from accounts of Muhammad's actions and sayings, known as the Hadith. An ISIS member parades through the streets of Raqqa in Syria waving an Islamic State flag and brandishing a gun. Experts have now said that ISIS misinterprets the Koran in order to wage jihad. It then misinterprets many of these, while ignoring everything in the texts that contradicts those hand-picked selections. Writings by the group's clerics and its English-language online magazine, Dabiq, are full of citations from Koranic verses, the Hadith and centuries of interpreters, mostly from hardliners. But Joas Wagemakers, an assistant professor of Islamic Studies at Radboud University in the Netherlands, says these are taken far out of context by ISIS. He explained that Muslim scholars throughout history have used texts in a 'decontextualised way' to suit their purposes and says that ISIS represent the extreme. He added: 'It would be a mistake to conclude the Islamic State group's extremism is the true Islam that emerges from the Koran and Hadith.

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Victim is dragged before bloodthirsty onlookers in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Bearded cleric tells the crowd that he has been found guilty of stealing.
Man is pinned down in a chair while a group of jihadis hold him in place.
They then use a large meat cleaver to brutally sever his hand from his arm.
Another image shows ISIS surgeon tending to the man's gruesome wounds.
Militanter som kämpar för den islamiska staten i Syrien har släppt äcklande bilder av en ung man som fått sin hand avhuggen efter att han anklagats för att ha stulit. Bilderna, som uppfattades som tagna i terrorgruppens de facto huvudstad Raqqa, visar den skräckslagne unge mannen som släpades ut på ett torg framför en blodtörstig folkmassa. Det ögonbindlade offret tvingas sitta i en stol mitt på torget, där han hålls på plats av en av jihadisarna, medan två andra använder en stor köttyxa för att brutalt hugga handen från armen. Sjuka: Offret ses sitta fast i en stol av en grupp män, varav en använder ett ackord för att dra i armen medan två andra placerar en tung köttyxa på handledens ovansida, redo att slå. Skräck: Bilderna, som man förstår har tagits i ISIS de facto huvudstad Raqqa, visar den skräckslagne unge mannen som leds från ett fordon av tre tungt beväpnade terrorister, varav en verkar inte vara äldre än 16 år. De fruktansvärda bilderna delades på Twitter-sidan av den lokala aktivistgruppen Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, som arbetar under täckmantel i staden för att avslöja de grymheter som begicks av ISIS. De fyra fotografierna är högkvalitativa bilder och bär den distinkta gula brännmärkning av ISIS Al-Hayat Media Center, vilket antyder att de kan vara stillbilder från en ännu outgiven propagandavideo. Den första bilden visar ögonbindel och baseboll keps-bärande offer som leds från ett fordon av tre tungt beväpnade Islamiska Staten terrorister, varav en verkar inte vara äldre än 16. Ett annat skott fångar en skäggig präst som verkar läsa anklagelser mot mannen - med hjälp av en mikrofon och PA system för att tala om för publiken av sadistiska åskådare att mannen anklagas för att stjäla. Offret ses sedan fastna i en stol av en separat grupp män, varav en använder ett ackord för att dra i armen medan två andra placerar en tung köttyxa på handledens ovansida, redo att slå. En sista bild visar offret liggande på rygg i kval på en metallbår medan en man som verkar vara kirurg tenderar till skadan på vänster hand. Anklagelser: En skäggig präst verkar läsa anklagelser mot mannen - med hjälp av en mikrofon och PA-system för att tala om för den samlade skaran av sadistiska åskådare att mannen har anklagats för stöld. Smärtsamt: En sista bild visar offret liggande på rygg i kval på en metallbår medan en man som verkar vara kirurg tenderar till skadan på vänster hand. Videon kommer bara en dag efter att ISIS släppt ohyggliga bilder av mordet på en man terrorgruppen anklagad för att ha arbetat som spion. Videon filmades i Aleppo och visar en man som tros heta Ahmed Muhammad som leds ut till en förgård av maskerade bödlar, som sedan skjuter honom i huvudet flera gånger på punkt blankavstånd. I ett nedslående tecken på ISIS räckvidd och inflytande förstås Muhammed ha anklagats för att ha arbetat som en del av ett hemligt spionnätverk baserat i grannlandet Natos medlemsstat Turkiet innan hans brutalt filmade avrättning över gränsen i Syrien. Den tre minuter långa 40 sekunder långa videon har alla kännetecken för en officiell ISIS-utgåva - med HD-kameror, Hollywood-liknande ljud och visuella effekter och slick redigering och riktning. Den bär även logotypen för en av gruppens officiella Aleppobaserade propagandaarmar, Halab. Den Islamiska Statens körsbär plockar delar av Koranen och misstolkar berättelserna om profeten Muhammed i syfte att löna jihad och registrera nya rekryter, säger experter. Det uppskattas att 20 000 människor har strömmat in i territoriet i Irak och Syrien, där ISIS har proklamerat vad man kallar ett ”kalifat”, styrt av sin ofta brutala version av islamisk lag. Gruppen utger sig för att återskapa profeten Muhammeds och hans efterträdares erövringar och styre och upprätthåller sina värsta brutaliteter - som till exempel halshuggning av fångar - endast bevisa sin renhet genom att följa vad den hävdar är profetens exempel. Men nu talar muslimer och andra experter ut, och säger att grupphanden plockar vad den vill ha från islams heliga bok, Koranen, och från skildringar av Muhammeds handlingar och talesätt, kända som hadithen. En ISIS-medlem paraderar genom gatorna i Raqqa i Syrien med en islamiska statsflagga och brännmärker en pistol. Experter har nu sagt att ISIS misstolkar Koranen för att kunna genomföra jihad. Den misstolkar sedan många av dessa, samtidigt som den ignorerar allt i texterna som motsäger de handplockade urvalen. Skrifter av gruppens präster och dess engelskspråkiga nättidning, Dabiq, är fulla av citeringar från koraniska verser, hadith och århundraden av tolkar, mestadels från hardliners. Men Joas Wagemakers, en biträdande professor i islamska studier vid Radboud University i Nederländerna, säger att dessa tas långt ur sitt sammanhang av ISIS. Han förklarade att muslimska forskare genom historien har använt texter på ett "dekontextualiserat sätt" för att passa deras syften och säger att ISIS representerar ytterligheten. Han tillade: ”Det skulle vara ett misstag att dra slutsatsen att Islamiska statens extremism är den sanna islam som kommer fram ur Koranen och Hadith. Skriv höjdpunkter för den här artikeln.
Militants fighting for the Islamic state in Syria have released disgusting images of a young man having his hand severed after he was accused of stealing. The images, perceived as being taken in the de facto capital of the terror group, Raqqa, show the terrified young man dragged out into a square in front of a bloodthirsty crowd. The blindfolded victim is forced to sit in a chair in the middle of the square, where he is held in place by one of the jihadis, while two others use a large meat axe to brutally stab his hand from his arm. Sick: The victim is seen stuck in a chair by a group of men, one of whom uses a chord to pull the arm while two others place a heavy meat axe on the upper side of the wrist, ready to hit. Horror: The images, as it is understood, have been taken in the de facto capital of ISIS, Raqqa, shows the terrified young man led from a vehicle of three heavily armed terrorists, one of whom appears to be no older than 16. The terrible images were shared on the Twitter side of local activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, who works undercover in the city to expose the atrocities committed by ISIS. The four photographs are high quality images and bear the distinctive yellow branding of the ISIS Al-Hayat Media Center, suggesting they may be stills from an yet unreleased propaganda video. The first picture shows blindfolded and baseball cap-bearing victims led from a vehicle by three heavily armed Islamic State terrorists, one of which appears to be no older than 16. Another shot captures a bearded priest who appears to read charges against the man - using a microphone and PA system to tell the audience by sadistic spectators that the man is accused of stealing. The victim is then seen stuck in a chair by a separate group of men, one of whom uses a chord to pull on the arm while two others place a heavy meat axe on the top of the wrist, ready to hit. A final picture shows the victim lying on the back in agony on a metal stretcher while a man who appears to be a surgeon tends to the injury on the left hand. Accusations: A bearded priest seems to read accusations against the man - using a microphone and PA system to tell the gathered crowd of sadistic spectators that the man has been accused of theft. Painful: A final picture shows the victim lying on the back in agony on a metal stretcher while a man who appears to be a surgeon tends to the injury on the left hand. The video only comes a day after ISIS released gruesome footage of the murder of a man the terror group accused of working as a spy. The video was filmed in Aleppo and shows a man believed to be named Ahmed Muhammad who is led out to a courtyard of masked executioners, who then shoots him in the head several times at point blank distance. In a disappointing sign of ISIS' reach and influence, Muhammad is understood to have been accused of working as part of a secret spy network based in neighbouring NATO Member State Turkey before his brutally filmed execution across the border in Syria. The three-minute 40-second video has all the characteristics of an official ISIS release - with HD cameras, Hollywood-like sounds and visual effects and slick editing and direction. It also bears the logo for one of the group's official Aleppo-based propaganda arms, Halab. The cherry of the Islamic State picks parts of the Quran and misinterprets the stories of the Prophet Muhammad in order to pay jihad and register new recruits, say experts. It is estimated that 20,000 people have flowed into the territory of Iraq and Syria, where ISIS has proclaimed what it calls a 'caliphate', ruled by its often brutal version of Islamic law. The group purports to recreate the conquests and rule of the Prophet Muhammad and his successors and maintains its worst brutalities - such as the beheading of prisoners - only prove its purity by following what it claims to be the example of the Prophet. But now Muslims and other experts speak out, saying that the group hand picks what it wants from the sacred book of Islam, the Koran, and from accounts of Muhammad's actions and sayings, known as the hadith. An ISIS member parades through the streets of Raqqa, Syria, with an Islamic state flag and brandishes a gun. Experts have now said that ISIS misinterprets the Quran in order to implement jihad. It then misinterprets many of these, while ignoring everything in the lyrics that contradicts the hand-picked selections. Writings of the group's priests and its English-language online newspaper, Dabiq, are full of citations from Quranic verses, hadith and centuries of interpreters, mostly from hardliners. But Joas Wagemakers, an assistant professor of Islamic studies at Radboud University in the Netherlands, says these are taken far out of context by ISIS. He explained that throughout history Muslim scholars have used texts in a "decontextualized manner" to suit their purposes and say that ISIS represents the extreme. He added: "It would be a mistake to conclude that the extremism of the Islamic State is the true Islam emerging from the Qur'an and Hadith. Write highlights for this article.
Offret släpas före blodtörstiga åskådare i den syriska staden Raqqa. Skäggpräst berättar för folkmassan att han har befunnits skyldig till stöld. Människan sitter fast i en stol medan en grupp jihadis håller honom på plats. De använder sedan en stor köttyxa för att brutalt hugga handen från armen. En annan bild visar att ISIS-kirurgen vårdar mannens ohyggliga sår.
The victim is dragged before bloodthirsty spectators in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Beard chaplain tells the crowd that he has been found guilty of theft. Man is stuck in a chair while a group of jihadis keep him in place. They then use a large meat axe to brutally stab their hand from their arm. Another picture shows that the ISIS surgeon is caring for the man's gruesome wounds.