Stories tagged with: kayla mueller

• Christian honored in Baghdadi defeat termed faithful

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, October 28, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (BP) -- Kayla Mueller, after whom was named the Oct. 26 operation that reportedly killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is being remembered as a Christian who was faithful despite her capture, torture, rape and murder.

  Mueller was a member of the Northern Arizona University chapter of United Christian Ministry, marketed as supported by the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ. Read More

• ISIS rapes captives as 'worship,' experts say

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Revelation that the ISIS caliph repeatedly raped American hostage Kayla Mueller before her murder has brought to light the terrorists' revival of an ancient practice of raping women captives as a form of religious "worship," experts say.

  Ayman S. Ibrahim, senior fellow for the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., said the gruesome practice dates to a biographical text about Muslim prophet ... Read More