A Muslim man who was murdered by ISIS militants on the beach in Libya had given his life so as not to abandon a Christian friend, according to the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. MissionLine, the magazine of the institute, says the apparent sacrifice of Muslim migrant Jamal Rahman was reported by a militant of al-Shabab, the extremist group in Somalia. The news was subsequently picked up by the Vatican Insider. The magazine suggested that Jamal offered himself as a hostage out of solidarity with a friend he was travelling with – and that he may have believed his presence in the group might have saved the others' lives. On Sunday ISIS released a video showing the murder of 30 Ethiopians on the beach in Libya.
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Muslim man killed by ISIS 'gave his life in solidarity with a Christian friend'
Reports say Muslim migrant was among 30 Ethiopians murdered in Libya
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