Decapitation in Islam
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Decapitation was a standard method of capital punishment in pre-modern Islamic law. By the end of the 20th century, its use had been abandoned in most countries. Decapitation is still a legal method of execution in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[1] It is also a legal method for execution in Zamfara State, Nigeria under Sharia.[2] In Iran, beheading was last used in 2001 according to Amnesty International, but it is no longer in use.[3] In recent decades, extremist Salafi jihadist groups have used beheading as a method of killing captives and terror tactic.