Islamic State beheadings

This article is about the beheading incidents of the Islamic State. For executions by the Islamic State, see Killing of captives by the Islamic State.

The Islamic State (IS), a Sunni Islamist and extremist group, performs beheadings for capital punishment and propaganda purposes. The beheadings received significant worldwide media coverage and attracted widespread condemnation from both governments and Islamic leaders worldwide. IS beheadings peaked in 2014 and 2015—then concentrated in Iraq and the Levant—and steadily declined as the group lost its territories. However, the practice has persisted or appeared in other regions, most notably in Northern Mozambique.

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