Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Modern instances of Islamist beheading date at least to the 1990s. In First Chechen War (1994–96), the beheading of Yevgeny Rodionov, a Russian soldier who refused to convert to Islam, led some within the Russian Orthodox Church to venerate him as a martyr. In 1997, the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria beheaded 80-200 villagers in Benthalia.