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In Karnataka, meanwhile, a 25-year-old Muslim man was found beheaded for his affair with a Hindu girl, allegedly by a local Hindu vigilante group.
IS INDIA HEADED FOR AN ANTI-MUSLIM GENOCIDE?DEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURYOCTOBER 4, 2021TIMEI mentalize beheading each axon withan engraved fountain pen.
FIVE POEMS ABOUT THE MINDCYNTHIA MILLER, PAULA BOHINCE, ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU, TISHANI DOSHI, ZEINA HASHEM BECKAUGUST 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWBoleyn became queen but was beheaded for treason when she didn’t bear a son.
SCANDALOUS LOVE AFFAIRS THAT CHANGED HISTORYNICK FOURIEZOSAPRIL 14, 2021OZYThen they took out their once‑glimmering knives, now turned brown by Kobani’s dust and rubble, and beheaded her corpse right there on the street for all their men to see.
THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES AGAINST ISISGAYLE TZEMACH LEMMONFEBRUARY 22, 2021TIMESometimes the Islamic State shared images of beheaded YPJ fighters on social media.
THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES AGAINST ISISGAYLE TZEMACH LEMMONFEBRUARY 22, 2021TIMEHe stepped forward as he spoke, and his esquire gave him the two-hand Sword of State, heavy enough to behead a bisonoid.
SPACE VIKINGHENRY BEAM PIPERThe weak thread of his patience broke, and in a fearful passion he commanded the guards to behead me at once.
AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, COMPLETEGEORG EBERSBehead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, JULY 12, 1881VARIOUSBehead a gulf on the coast of Africa, and leave a lair of wild beasts.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, APRIL 19, 1881VARIOUSBehead a basket or hamper, and leave standard or proportion.
ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, VOL. 5, OCTOBER 1878, NO. 12VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO BEHEAD
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