An Islamic State militant uses a loud-hailer to announce to residents of Taqba city that Tabqa air base has fallen to Islamic State militants, in nearby Raqqa city August 24, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/STRINGER
IN PHOTO: An Islamic State militant uses a loud-hailer to announce to residents of Taqba city that Tabqa air base has fallen to Islamic State militants, in nearby Raqqa city August 24, 2014. REUTERS/STRINGER

An anti-radicalisation expert from the UK Home Office on Wednesday said the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning by the ISIS proved to be the catalyst that earned the ire of the Muslim community against the radical militants.

When the ISIS said in a video that it was going to kill Henning, a number of prominent Islamic scholars demanded for his "immediate and unconditional release." Henning was a taxi driver and aid volunteer from Salford, Greater Manchester. He was captured while delivering food and supplies to Syrian refugees in December.

The ISIS' beheading videos had been seen by analysts as tools not only to spread terror and fear among those who view, but also as recruitment methods. The ISIS particularly wants to recruit brothers of the same faith in its fold.

Sulaimaan Samuel, a National Safeguarding Mentor for the UK Home Office, said Henning's death actually offended the British Muslim community. Their actions ultimately proved to other Muslim believers they don't share the same faith. He told Sky News that Henning's death not only has saved lives of those who initially wanted to join their case, it also proved to be a fatal tool for the militant group's plan to "backfire" to them.

Faz Patel, an East Lancashire-based community cohesion expert, said the ISIS is a bunch of monsters and it is not in any way a Muslim organisation. "Killing a charity worker was totally un-Islamic. It's unacceptable. He was an innocent person doing voluntary work in a Muslim country."

As with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Samuel pointed out social media continues to be a vital tool that encouraged Britons to join militant groups. A report by RT News said there have been 500 Britons who have left the country to join the militant group, apart from those in the UK who support them.

According to a report published by the Quilliam Foundation, the ISIS, while its jihadist ideology came from Al-Qaeda, the group uses a far more modern approach to its jihadist tactics, "something rendered apparent by its manipulation of the internet, large-scale recruitment of foreign fighters, financial independence and seizure of swathes of Iraq and Syria."