Boy, 15, beheaded by Isis militants 'for listening to pop music'

Bloodthirsty Islamic State militants have beheaded a 15-year-old boy for listening to western pop music, it has been reported.

Sources told the Kurdish news agency ARA the teenager, named as Ayham Hussein, was captured by jihadis at his father’s grocery store before being hauled before a Sharia Court which ruled he should be executed.

He was beheaded in public on the streets of Mosul, the northern Iraqi city occupied by IS since June 2014.

His body was said to have been returned to his family on Tuesday following the execution which has reportedly sparked outrage among residents.

It is believed to be the first incident of its kind in Mosul.

IS has previously issued statements claiming songs and music are forbidden in Islam because they “prevent one from the remembrance of God and the Koran”.