# ISIS/ISIL executioners and their face concealing head gear...

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**Created:** [November 17, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-isil-executioners-and-their-face-concealing-head-gear/704894 "2014-11-17T20:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-isil-executioners-and-their-face-concealing-head-gear/704894/1 "2014-11-17T20:44:44Z")

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Not sure if I’m in the right place but here goes…  
So ISIS is a group of ‘badasses’. Right? What’s up with wearing head coverings during executions? Seems out of step with the image.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-isil-executioners-and-their-face-concealing-head-gear/704894/2 "2014-11-17T20:57:40Z")

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1. It conceals their identities from the people who have the power to drop missiles on them with flying robots
2. It makes them look cool

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-isil-executioners-and-their-face-concealing-head-gear/704894/3 "2014-11-17T21:04:36Z")

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Head coverings are the trending fashionware for murdering zealots.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-isil-executioners-and-their-face-concealing-head-gear/704894/4 "2014-11-17T21:08:25Z")

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I imagine they’d say they’re badasses, not dumbasses.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-isil-executioners-and-their-face-concealing-head-gear/704894/5 "2014-11-17T21:48:25Z")

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I found a copy of their plan in a tent near Baghdad. Translated from the Arabic:

1. Cover face.
2. Slaughter infidels.
3. ???
4. Islam!