LONDON: The brother of David Haines issued on Sunday a tearful video statement about growing religious radicalisation in which he quoted a verse from the holy Quran.

“We are seeing more and more radicalisation in every walk of life. It is not a race, religion or political issue, it is a human issue,” Mike Haines told British media.

His voice breaking with emotion, he read out a passage from the Quran which said: “Since good and evil cannot be equal, repel thou evil with something that is better.”

Mr Haines added: “The Muslim faith is not to blame for IS, nor is it the fault of people of Middle Eastern descent.”

Aid worker David Haines was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013. His murder was revealed in a video released late on Saturday by militants from IS.

“IS are extremely dangerous and pose a threat to every nation, every religion, every politics, every person,” Mike Haines said.

Published in Dawn, September 15th, 2014