[Margaret Pilkington]

It is not the fault of religion.
It is mans interpretation of the tenets of religion that cause the problem.
They are used to justify all kinds of atrocities...as a means of men having power over other men(often people who have a different branch of the same faith). It is all about POWER, not about God or a faith. And before anyone accuses me of being a god botherer, I can tell you that I am of no faith.
I do not know of any religion that sanctions killing.
Our own Christian commandments state 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
The Quran tells Muslims that if they kill,one man it is as if they have killed the whole of humanity.
Religion is the bedrock of society. Without it,there would have been no education system, no legal system and no civilisation.

These reprehensible men can have their day in court, but I hope it is in a court removed from our shores...I hope they get the kind of justice they meted out(as judge and jury to those they allegedly beheaded) to the aid worker, the journalist and the civil engineer.
And to stop them becoming martyrs(if by some chance they are executed...which is as likely as me being made pope) then they should be buried in a grave that is soiled with pig muck.