"Emwazi, a British citizen, participated in the videos showing the murders of US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, American aid worker Abdul-Rahman [Peter] Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, and a number of other hostages.
Meanwhile, fellow writers told AFP that Das had been on a hit list drawn up by militants who were behind the murder of US-Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy in February.
A Bangladeshi blogger was hacked to death by suspected Islamic extremists in Dhaka on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks on secular writers, including the murder of US-based author Avijit Roy during a visit to the country last month.
Yet if states were destroyed, local institutions corrupted and economic incentives directed towards murder, few of us would behave well.
And because here, surrounded by the names of the places where millions were murdered, each of us is able - perhaps even mandated - to confront memories of events we did not witness but which are very much a legacy we have received and that we must in turn pass on.
Within an hour, I received a response that laid out steps: inform the roommates, get evidence to the cops, and start healing emotionally, all while pretending everything was normal in the relationship so that my ex wouldn't realize anything was up, freak out, and possibly murder all of us.
Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder, and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously.
A year or two before the murder, a group of us went to Kyle's house for his birthday party.
No, this is not the Zimmerman case, but it evokes many of the same emotions and frustration and despite the jury finding Dunn guilty of attempted murder, so many of us are left with the same empty feeling.
The international community has been shocked by the murders of Xulhaz and Tonoy, with US secretary of state John Kerry voicing his "outrage".
The murder of Don Julio Garcia makes us reflect on future scenarios of governance in the region.
