Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Islamic State militants BAN Mother's Day cakes in Syria town 'because it is HERESY'


Islamic State militants BAN Mother's Day cakes in Syria town 'because it is HERESY'

TERROR group Islamic State (IS) have BANNED Mother's Day cakes because they believe the holiday is HERESY.



Islamic State members and a Mother's Day cakeAP / GETTY
Islamic State (IS) have reportedly banned Mother's Day cakes in a Syrian town
The militants roamed markets and tried to stop the confectionary being made after becoming angered by the day which honours mothers around the world.

While Islamic State, also known as ISIS, have not issued official condemnation of Mother's Day their supporters reportedly blasted the holiday on social networking site Twitter.

Moulds bearing celebratory phrases were confiscated in the Syrian town of Al-Mayadeen on Saturday – the date on which Mother's Day is celebrated in the Middle Eastern country.
Islamic State members march with weaponsPA
Islamic State (IS) reportedly view Mother's Day as heresy
ISIS members roamed Al-Mayadeen’s markets on March 21, confiscating moulds bearing Mother’s Day phrases
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said: "ISIS members roamed Al-Mayadeen’s markets on March 21, confiscating moulds bearing Mother’s Day phrases."

They added that Islamic State view Mother's Day as "heresy".

Jihadists seized the eastern Syrian town in July last year and have faced violent resistance to their actions in the area.

Last year they murdered over 700 members of a local tribe during a three-day spate of killings.

Since then IS members in Al-Mayadeen have been the targets of a number of mysterious hit-and-run shootings.
A cake with a Mother's Day messageGETTY
Militants roamed the markets of a Syrian town and confiscated moulds for Mother's Day cakes
According to the SOHR, last month unidentified gunmen opened fire on an IS patrol which left two militants injured.

During another attack on an IS patrol an unspecified number of the jihadists were killed when gunmen attacked them.

SOHR director Rami Abdel Rahman attributed the attacks to the frustration of people living under the harsh rule of IS.

Besides being against celebrating Mother's Day, reports have also emerged this year showing the jihadists' hatred of statues.

In February, .
The destruction of the historical artefacts are the latest in a trend by IS to eliminate what they view as heresy.

Earlier this month it was claimed .

The rules regarding how jihadists are allowed to spend their spare time has emerged in a fatwa.

The table football rules were decreed because the militants' interpretation of Islam bans the creation of statues.


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