Islamic terrorism

==== As political tactic ====
An example of political kidnapping occurred in September 2014, in the Philippines. The German Foreign Ministry reported that the Islamist militant group [[Abu Sayyaf]] had kidnapped two German nationals and was threatening to kill them unless the German government withdraw its support for the war against [[ISIS]] and also pay a large ransom.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Andrea|title=Germany Confirms Kidnapping of Two Citizens by Islamist Group in Philippines|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/germany-confirms-kidnapping-of-two-citizens-by-islamist-terror-group-1411564496|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=24 September 2014|access-date=7 October 2014|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In September 2014 an Islamist militant group kidnapped a French national in Algeria and threatened to kill the hostage unless the government of France withdrew its support for the war against ISIS.<ref>{{cite news|last=Willsher|first=Kim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/22/algerian-islamists-threaten-to-execute-french-hostage-unless-france-halts-isis-attacks|title=Algerian Islamists threaten to execute hostage unless France halts Isis attacks|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 September 2014|access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref>

===== Islamist self-justifications =====
According to the [[International Business Times]], in October 2014 the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]] released a five-point justification of its right to take non-Muslims hostage, and decapitate, ransom or enslave them.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnlee|first1=Varghese|title=ISIS Lists Out 5 Islamic Reasons to Justify Beheading Alan Henning and other Captives|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/isis-lists-out-5-islamic-reasons-justify-beheading-alan-henning-other-captives-610585|access-date=13 October 2014|newspaper=International Business Times|date=6 October 2014}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2022}} British Muslim cleric [[Anjem Choudary]] told [[The Clarion Project]] that kidnapping and even [[Beheading in Islamism|beheading]] hostages is justified by Islam.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mauro|first1=Ryan|title=UK's Anjem Choudary Justifies Beheading of James Foley|url=http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/uks-anjem-choudary-justifies-beheading-james-foley|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903003801/http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/uks-anjem-choudary-justifies-beheading-james-foley|archive-date=3 September 2014|access-date=4 February 2022|website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

ISIL also published an article entitled, 'The revival (of) slavery before the Hour (of Judgement Day)', in its online magazine, "Dabiq", justifying its kidnapping of  [[Yazidi]] women and forcing them to become sex slaves or concubines:  "One should remember that enslaving the families of the kuffar—the infidels—and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Shariah, or Islamic law."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abdelaziz|first1=Salma|title=ISIS states its justification for the enslavement of women|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/12/world/meast/isis-justification-slavery/|access-date=13 October 2014|publisher=CNN|date=13 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Abubakar Shekau]], the leader of the Nigerian extremist group [[Boko Haram]], said in a 2014 interview claiming responsibility for the [[2014 Chibok kidnapping]] of 270+ schoolgirls, "Slavery is allowed in my religion, and I shall capture people and make them slaves".<ref name=CNNEssenceTerror>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/06/world/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-analysis/ |publisher=CNN |title=Boko Haram: The essence of terror |last=Lister |first=Tim |date=5 June 2015 |access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref>