‘Democratic’ opinion’s deafening silence in
the face of extremism
September 10, 2014
An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State (IS) and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group on September 2, 2014, purportedly shows 31-year-old US freelance writer Steven Sotloff dressed in orange and on his knees in a desert landscape speaking to the camera before being beheaded by a masked militant (R). The masked militant condemns US attacks on the Islamic State before cutting Sotloff’s throat. He then introduces a second captive, identified by name and said to be British, and threatens to kill him. AFP