Former Egyptian Mufti Ali Gomaa: ISIS Did Not Immolate the Jordanian Pilot - It Was Photoshopped

In an address, posted on the Internet on February 5, 2015, Ali Gomaa, the former Mufti of Egypt, said that ISIS did not immolate the Jordanian pilot. "When you saw him standing there - it was photoshopped," he said, in order "to instill terror in people's hearts."

Following are excerpts:

Ali Gomaa: Let me surprise you… ISIS did not immolate the guy. He died on January 3. When you say him standing there – it was photoshopped. The proof is that he did not move while he was burning. Can anyone just stand there and burn like that…

By the way, I know that he was killed on January 5. I know that the pilot was killed on January 5. So why did they do all this? To instill terror in people's hearts. When they enter villages, they take the women and kill them. Just like the Mongols did – the Mongols did the same exact thing. Whenever they took over a city, they would kill the women. They would kill the children in front of their mothers. Then they would kill the men, and the rest would say: "Enough. No one is left to protect us. Do as you wish. You are our masters now."

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