 He was tolerant towards Shi'i, but toward the Umayyad community he was not so just.Al-Mu'tadid was cruel in his punishments, some of which are not surpassed by those of his predecessors.For example, the Kharijite leader at Mosul was paraded about Baghdad clothed in a robe of silk, of which Kharijites denounced as sinful, and then crucified.