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3 Islamists Head to Firing Squad After Filming Selves Beheading 2 Young Women, Calling Them 'Enemies of God'

By Josh Manning July 18, 2019 at 10:58am

Three radical Muslims have been found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by firing squad in Morocco.

The three men, Abdessamad Ejjoud and reportedly Jounes Ouzayed and Rashid Afatti as well, received the death sentence after asking Allah to forgive them, according to the U.K. Daily Mail.

The men whom prosecutors dubbed “human beasts” were convicted of filming themselves beheading and condemning as “enemies of God” Norwegian hikers Maren Ueland, 28, and Louisa Vesterager Jesperen, 24.

Awaiting their verdicts are an additional 21 defendants for whom the prosecution has requested prison terms of 15 years to life.

While the Islamic State group has not officially claimed responsibility for the murders, 21 of those involved in the brutal death reportedly pledged allegiance to the terror organization.

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Death, Jihad, Just In, Murder, Muslims, Prison, Radical Islam, World news

Josh Manning

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Josh Manning is deputy managing editor for assignment at The Western Journal. He holds a masters in public policy from Harvard University and has a background in higher education.

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Josh Manning grew up outside of Memphis, TN and developed a love of history, politics, and government studies thanks to a life-changing history and civics teacher named Mr. McBride.

He holds an MPP from Harvard University and a BA from Lyon College, a small but distinguished liberal arts college where later in his career he served as an interim vice president.

While in school he did everything possible to confront, discomfit, and drive ivy league liberals to their knees.

After a number of years working in academe, he moved to digital journalism and opinion. Since that point, he has held various leadership positions at The Western Journal.

He's married to a gorgeous blonde who played in the 1998 NCAA women's basketball championship game, and he has two teens who hate doing dishes more than poison. He makes life possible for two boxers -- "Hank" Rearden Manning and "Tucker" Carlson Manning -- and a pitbull named Nikki Haley "Gracie" Manning.

Education

MPP from Harvard University, BA from Lyon College

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Languages Spoken

English, tiny fragments of college French

Topics of Expertise

Writing, politics, Christianity, social media curation, higher education, firearms