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Rod Stewart appears to mock an ISIS-style execution. Picture: Instagram.
BRITISH rocker Rod Stewart has apologised after he appeared to mimic a desert execution by Islmamic State militants, with critics saying it was disrespectful to victims of the group.
“Understandably this has been misinterpreted and I send my deepest apologies to those who have been offended.”
Stewart, 72, appeared in a clip posted on his wife’s Instagram account in which he draws his finger across the throat of a man kneeling in front of him. It was filmed ahead of a concert he performed in Abu Dhabi.
Rod Stewart appears to mock an ISIS-style execution. Picture: Instagram.Source:Supplied
The original clip was posted to his wife Penny Lancaster’s tens of thousands of Instagram followers with the caption: “Rod Stewart (leader) band doing a ‘Beatles’ sand dune crossing.”
It has since been removed but readers have commented about the “disgraceful” content, saying they should be “ashamed” for what happened.
Videos of desert executions carried out by IS militants have been posted online recently including aid workers David Haines, 44 from Perth in Scotland and Alan Henning, 47, from Salford in Manchester.
Former RAF engineer David was in Syria helping civil war victims when he was snatched by the fanatics in Aleppo in March 2013.
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster. Picture: GettySource:Getty Images
The Scot’s beheading by executioner Jihadi John was confirmed in a barbaric video released by the terrorists in September 2014, days after his plight made headlines worldwide.
Aid worker Alan was brutally killed by ISIS after travelling to Syria to help victims of the conflict in 2013.
Stewart performed in Abu Dhabi a few days ago and the couple have been posting a number of pictures of their trip.
The video was posted alongside a number of pictures of Lancaster and Stewart enjoying their holiday, including one where the couple can be seen relaxing on a dune with the caption “sandy afternoons”.
Another shows them touring a mosque and one of Stewart being given a “Celtic” henna tattoo on his arm.
This article originally appeared in The Sun and is republished here with permission.
Rod Stewart in concert in 1977. Picture: News CorpSource:Herald Sun