Islamic State executed an allegedly homosexual man by throwing him off of a building and then stoning him according to a report by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). According to MEMRI, “[o]n December 10, 2014, the Al-Furat province of the Islamic State (ISIS) (straddling parts of eastern Syria and western Iraq), announced that it had executed a man convicted of homosexuality.”

MEMRI reported that ISIS gave the following declaration: “Following the example of Muslims Caliph Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (ruled 632-634), the Islamic court in Al-Furat province sentenced a man who performed acts of the people of Lot [i.e.,homosexual acts] to be cast off the highest place in the town and then stoned to death. Allah’s command [is valid] in both the past and the future.”