In the Bible, John the Baptist was beheaded for speaking out against sin. He is the only person mentioned by name who is beheaded in the New Testament.
Interestingly the martyrs in the book of Revelations are specifically called out as being beheaded under the Anti-Christ.
Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.
--Revelations 20:4
Beheading is one of Islam's sanctioned ways of executing people.
It is ironic (as well as prophetic) that they respect John the Baptist as one of the prophets, and yet prefer the same style of execution that he suffered.
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