"We had to kill him because principles are principles"

Kidnapped in Pakistan, a Polish geologist chooses death over submission: Piotr Stanczak did not exhibit the slightest hint of hesitation when the Pakistani Taliban asked him to choose between execution and conversion to Islam.   Whether the Polish geologist acted out of pride or religious conviction, he decided to pay through his blood to save his faith, a choice that bewildered his killers …   They cut his head off, in the usual Religion of Peace fashion, and filmed the atrocity for the benefit of fellow believers. According to one of Stanczak’s murderers: “We had to kill him because principles are principles.”   Tim Blair

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