If I had known of the prayer service, I would have asked for the day off and gone–Paula’s humble request moved me to tears. God Bless her and Ed and AbdulRahman (Peter).
Beheading him, and anyone, is not in keeping with Islam. Do unto others as you would have done to you. You can force a person to convert, but you cannot force a heart to change. People are led to certain paths by their life experiences, which I believe are part of God’s plan. Therefore, you are playing God by choosing a person’s spiritual path. It is wrong on so many levels. It is not your choice to make.