06-23-2015, 11:44 AM
Http://foxnews.com/world/2015/06/23/new-...n-contest/
Published June 23, 2015
ISIS has already committed countless
unspeakable acts on Yazidi and Christian
girls and women in Iraq, but the terrorist
army may have reached a new low with a
twisted new contest in which female slaves
captured in war are given away as "prizes" to fighters who show the have mastered the
Koran.
The shocking practice of giving away
human beings as prizes, called "sibya," was
organized by the Da'wa and Mosques
Department in Al-Baraka province in Syria
in honor of the beginning of the holy month
of Ramadan and was announced June 19 on ISIS Twitter accounts, according to the
Middle East Media Research Institute and
the Clarion Project, two independent
research institutes that track social media
accounts linked to terrorist groups.
An announcement on Twitter "begins with
congratulations to ISIS soldiers and
departments in the province upon the
beginning of the month of Ramadan,"
MEMRI wrote, "It then announces the
upcoming Koran memorization competition, at which it says participants will be tested
and given prizes accordingly." The statement lists the prizes planned for the top ten competitors, with the top three
to each be awarded a female slave:
'Winner of the first place [will be granted] (sibya) [a female slave who was captured at war],'" the translation by MEMRI read.
The contest in Syria plays upon two major
ISIS themes, said Ryan Mauro, national
security analyst for the New York-based
Clarion Project: They are the ones who
most closely follow "true" Islam and the
Islamic State is a “legitimate†state.
The contest and its underlying competition
demonstrate that fighters are studying the
Koran, and that ISIS is not affected by
international condemnation. “By showcasing its slavery, ISIS is boasting that it practices Islam in its most literal interpretation, doesn't capitulate to public opinion and rejects modern interpretations,†Mauro said. “It is also showing it has a functional Islamic educational system and therefore is a real caliphate.
The timing of the announcement is
significant as Ramadan is a time of year
where Muslims are charged with
rejuvenating their faith.
“Memorizing the Koran is a considered a pious and worthy thing to do and many memorization competitions are held around the world, especially during Ramadan,†the Clarion Project said in its June 21 report. “It
is believed to be the month during which
Mohammed received the Koran."
The chapters the Islamic State challenged
its followers to memorize include “some of
the most warlike passages in the entire
Koran.†Specifically the announcement, which told the competitors to come to one of four
mosques including the “Mosques of Abu
Bakr el-Sadiq, The Mosque of Osama Bin
Laden, The Mosque of Abu Musab el-
Zarqawi or The Mosque of el-Taqwa, and listed prizes, including "slave girls" and
Syrian currency amounting to $500 and
less.
“We ask the great lord to make your life
easier and to grant you with what he loves
and what pleases him,†the announcement
concludes. The treatment of girls and women captured by ISIS has become increasingly horrific and alarming, numerous human rights
activists said.
In 2014, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based monitoring group, reported 300 Yazidi girls and women
captured in Iraq were forced to convert to
Islam and sold to ISIS jihadists in Syria for
$1,000.
Last November, ISIS reportedly unveiled a menu of sorts for women and children for sale with women 40 and 50 years old sold
for just $40, girls between 10 and 20 years
old auctioned for $129 each, and children
under 10 commanding higher prices.
A Human Rights Watch report issued in April
documented continued organized rapes, sexual assault, and other horrific crimes
against Yezidi women and girls kidnapped
from their homes and held as captives in
Iraq and Syria.
The United Nation envoy on sexual
violence reported in June that girls and
women are being traded for as little as a
pack of cigarettes, citing testimony of girls
and women who were able to escape their
captors.
Published June 23, 2015
ISIS has already committed countless
unspeakable acts on Yazidi and Christian
girls and women in Iraq, but the terrorist
army may have reached a new low with a
twisted new contest in which female slaves
captured in war are given away as "prizes" to fighters who show the have mastered the
Koran.
The shocking practice of giving away
human beings as prizes, called "sibya," was
organized by the Da'wa and Mosques
Department in Al-Baraka province in Syria
in honor of the beginning of the holy month
of Ramadan and was announced June 19 on ISIS Twitter accounts, according to the
Middle East Media Research Institute and
the Clarion Project, two independent
research institutes that track social media
accounts linked to terrorist groups.
An announcement on Twitter "begins with
congratulations to ISIS soldiers and
departments in the province upon the
beginning of the month of Ramadan,"
MEMRI wrote, "It then announces the
upcoming Koran memorization competition, at which it says participants will be tested
and given prizes accordingly." The statement lists the prizes planned for the top ten competitors, with the top three
to each be awarded a female slave:
'Winner of the first place [will be granted] (sibya) [a female slave who was captured at war],'" the translation by MEMRI read.
The contest in Syria plays upon two major
ISIS themes, said Ryan Mauro, national
security analyst for the New York-based
Clarion Project: They are the ones who
most closely follow "true" Islam and the
Islamic State is a “legitimate†state.
The contest and its underlying competition
demonstrate that fighters are studying the
Koran, and that ISIS is not affected by
international condemnation. “By showcasing its slavery, ISIS is boasting that it practices Islam in its most literal interpretation, doesn't capitulate to public opinion and rejects modern interpretations,†Mauro said. “It is also showing it has a functional Islamic educational system and therefore is a real caliphate.
The timing of the announcement is
significant as Ramadan is a time of year
where Muslims are charged with
rejuvenating their faith.
“Memorizing the Koran is a considered a pious and worthy thing to do and many memorization competitions are held around the world, especially during Ramadan,†the Clarion Project said in its June 21 report. “It
is believed to be the month during which
Mohammed received the Koran."
The chapters the Islamic State challenged
its followers to memorize include “some of
the most warlike passages in the entire
Koran.†Specifically the announcement, which told the competitors to come to one of four
mosques including the “Mosques of Abu
Bakr el-Sadiq, The Mosque of Osama Bin
Laden, The Mosque of Abu Musab el-
Zarqawi or The Mosque of el-Taqwa, and listed prizes, including "slave girls" and
Syrian currency amounting to $500 and
less.
“We ask the great lord to make your life
easier and to grant you with what he loves
and what pleases him,†the announcement
concludes. The treatment of girls and women captured by ISIS has become increasingly horrific and alarming, numerous human rights
activists said.
In 2014, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based monitoring group, reported 300 Yazidi girls and women
captured in Iraq were forced to convert to
Islam and sold to ISIS jihadists in Syria for
$1,000.
Last November, ISIS reportedly unveiled a menu of sorts for women and children for sale with women 40 and 50 years old sold
for just $40, girls between 10 and 20 years
old auctioned for $129 each, and children
under 10 commanding higher prices.
A Human Rights Watch report issued in April
documented continued organized rapes, sexual assault, and other horrific crimes
against Yezidi women and girls kidnapped
from their homes and held as captives in
Iraq and Syria.
The United Nation envoy on sexual
violence reported in June that girls and
women are being traded for as little as a
pack of cigarettes, citing testimony of girls
and women who were able to escape their
captors.
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