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“An Islamic State militant carried out a public “execution” of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say. Ali Saqr, 21, killed his mother, Lena al-Qasem, 45, outside the post office in Raqqa, Syria, eyewitnesses said.” Full Story – BBC 

The city of Raqqa in Syria, the so-called ISIS “capital,” has been patrolled for the past year by the all-female Al-Khansaa Brigade, a morality police most commonly used to enforce the dress codes for women, who must be covered and veiled at all times.  Social media accounts linked to ISIS have …