HOPE & FLOGGINGS: Boy Flogged by ISIS 60 Times in Town Square for Calling Terror Group the Wrong Name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YXhHQkIMEs

Maybe Obama should start calling them this term instead.

This horrifying clip shows a child unflinchingly receive 60 lashes to his back for simply referring to Islamic State by a term they hate: ‘Daesh’.

As dozens gather around the town square to watch with emotionless expressions, the boy kneels on the ground – purportedly in Anbar, Iraq – as he accepts his penalty.

His punisher relentlessly whips the boy in the short clip, who appears to be crying and pleading for mercy.

ISIS have released a series of shocking pictures and videos in recent months showing the brutal punishments handed out to those who break the rules.

Behaviour such as women not covering their heads, men shaving, and music playing are all cause for punishment under strict Sharia law.

And those who commit more serious crimes have been executed in public.

Read more: Daily Mail