With The Intercept
BY SAM KIMBALL
In mid-February, the Islamic State in Libya released a five-minute video showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Christian workers. Back in Egypt, the dead are called “martyrs.”
Just to the right of the entrance of the Church of the Virgin Mary in the village of El Aour is a large poster made from a blown-up screen grab from a video released online by the Islamic State in Libya. The image shows 21 young men kneeling with heads lowered, just moments before their execution; masked Islamic State militants stand behind them, knives at the ready.