Jihadists execute 6 people for condemning burning of Jordanian pilot

Islamic State jihadists have reportedly executed six people, including two Muslim clerics, for condemning the horrific execution of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh.

Al-Kasasbeh, a fighter pilot captured in Syria in December when his plane went down during a bombing mission, was burned alive and footage of his execution was released online.

Two Imams where shot and four civilians were beheaded in Mosul, Iraq, the largest city controlled by the so-called Islamic State in Syria, local media reports.

'ISIS executed the Imam of Nabi Yunis mosque, Sheikh Abdullah Fahad and the Imam of Kabir Mosque, Sheikh Ayub Abdul Wahab in Mosul,' a security source told Rudaw.

'The two Imams were executed by firing squad and the civilians were beheaded in public,' the website reported.

The crime they had committed were joining in the world-wide condemnation of the brutal killing of the 26-year-old Jordanian on Tuesday.

Yesterday, the head of Sunni Islam's top university called for the crucifixion of Islamic State militants as punishment for the murder.

Ahmed al-Tayib, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar university in Cairo, said those responsible must face 'killing, crucifixion and chopping of the limbs.'