MIDDLE EAST
Inquisitr
ISIS has grown from a mere militant group to a body of believers waging a war against any non-ISIS group, creating caliphates in as many territories as possible. Their infamous videos are gruesome and violent and never ending. ISIS’ growth has been the demise of peace in the territories it controls. The littlest victims have been the most affected either indirectly through the death of their parents or directly through kidnapping, forced into fighting and sexual assaults, which are now on the rise as ISIS believes that rape of women and children “brings them closer to God.”
Based on a tapered analysis of the Quran, ISIS sees rape as a sacrament and an encouraged act of worship, according to the New York Times in a report recounting the rape of a 12-year-old girl by an ISIS soldier.
“He said that by raping me, he is drawing closer to God.”
The girl’s story went on to detail how the ISIS fighter opened and closed his “act of worship” with prayer. Another girl’s story chronicled how the ISIS soldier who repeatedly raped her defended his actions, telling her raping her was “his prayer to God.”
“He kept telling me this is ibadah (worship).”
ISIS is well organized in its enslavement of women for sex. Their methods include notarized contracts, policy guidelines, and updates in an online magazine that frames the dividing of sex slaves as “spoils.”
While ISIS has created a solid infrastructure, they have created no boundaries, subsequently allowing the rape of children. An internal pamphlet defines child rape as “permissible.” The pamphlet also cites it is permissible to “beat them and trade them in.”
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