Muslims in Japan on Wednesday condemned the threat a day earlier by the Islamic State group to execute two captives.
Some assailed it as an "unforgiveable" act of cruelty, and said the hostage-takers were unworthy of calling themselves Muslims.
Shigeru Shimoyama, a spokesman for Tokyo Camii, the nation's largest mosque, denounced the video as "despicable" and "un-Islamic."
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