These incidents, reported by Kurdish media, occur as enemy forces are positioned just miles from Mosul, and ISIS has faced multiple military setbacks throughout Iraq.
According to ARA News, a 15-year-old boy named Ayham Hussein was caught by ISIS fighters while listening to music in his father's grocery store. A spokesman for the Kurdish Nineveh media center stated that the boy was listening to "Western music" and was subsequently referred to the Sharia Court, which sentenced him to execution.
The boy was reportedly beheaded in public, and his body was returned to his family on Tuesday evening.
Although it is difficult to verify these reports, Kurdish media suggest that the incident has sparked rare public outrage. An official mentioned that this was the first documented case of its kind in Mosul and noted that there had been "no formal decision by the Sharia Court to ban listening to Western music."
In a separate incident, ARA News reported that two young men were arrested last Friday for not attending prayers at the main mosque in Mosul. Local activist Abdulah al-Malla stated that they were shot dead outside the mosque on Sunday, after a member of the Sharia Court issued a warning that anyone who misses prayers would face the same punishment.
In late January, another 14-year-old was reportedly beheaded for similar reasons. Activist Nasser Taljbini revealed that the boy's parents were "forced to witness the beheading of their own son."
Credit:The Independent, YOTDay.
