Islamic State Propagandists Boast of Sexual Enslavement of Women and Girls - NYTimes.com. In the latest edition of the Islamic State militant group’s glossy magazine, posted online this week, its propagandists admitted for the first time that women and girls of the Yazidi faith captured in Iraq had been treated as slaves and forced to marry fighters.
The treatment of the women — which appears to corroborate witness accounts from captives who escaped areas that fell under militant control in Iraq — was described and defended in an article with the headline “The Revival of Slavery” in the new issue of the magazine, Dabiq, published Sunday. Continue reading the main story According to the anonymous author of the article, students of Islamic law in the militant group decided that the enslavement of Yazidi women and girls, and their use as “concubines,” was justified because their esoteric faith makes them “pagans” whose religion needs to be eradicated from the Muslim world. Continue reading the main story. Australian National Security. Formerly listed as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – listed 14 December 2013.
Formerly listed as Al-Qa'ida in Iraq - listed 2 March 2005, re-listed 17 February 2007, 1 November 2008, 29 October 2010, 12 July 2013. This statement is based on publicly available information about the Islamic State. To the Australian Government's knowledge, this information is accurate, reliable and has been corroborated by classified information. Basis for listing a terrorist organisation. US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis. US air strikes in Syria are encouraging anti-regime fighters to forge alliances with or even defect to Islamic State (Isis), according to a series of interviews conducted by the Guardian.
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Islamic military groups are joining forces with Isis, which has gained control of swaths of Syria and Iraq and has beheaded six western hostages in the past few months. Some brigades have transferred their allegiance, while others are forming tactical alliances or truces. Support among civilians also appears to be growing in some areas as a result of resentment over US-led military action.
“Isis now is like a magnet that attracts large numbers of Muslims,” said Abu Talha, who defected from the FSA a few months ago and is now in negotiations with other fighters from groups such as the al-Nusra Front to follow suit. “We did not get any weapons from the US to fight the regime for the last three years. The growth in support for Isis was inevitable, he said. Islamic State video: second Frenchman identified. French recruits: A screen grab from the execution video.
The man on the right is believed to be French citizen Maxime Hauchard. The other man has been identified as Mickael Dos Santos. Photo: AFP Paris: French authorities have identified a second French militant who appears on a beheading video released by Islamic State at the weekend, a state prosecutor said on Wednesday. Officials said on Monday that one of the men shown herding prisoners to their execution was Maxime Hauchard, a Frenchman Muslim convert who left for Syria in 2013. The majority of those who turn to radical Islam are from middle-class families, originally atheist and under 21. report by institute studying Islamic radicalisation in France In a statement, the state prosecutor said that a second Frenchman, Mickael Dos Santos - a 22-year-old man from a town east of Paris who converted to Islam and left for Syria in August 2013 - had been identified. Reuters. Islamic state. The VICE Channels islamic state islamic state Read Caught Between the Islamic State and Shiite Militias, Gays Are Dying in Iraq By Samuel Oakford and Sally Hayden Massacres of homosexuals in Iraq have taken place for years, but the situation has grown increasingly appalling as violence from the insurgency and sectarian militias spirals out of control.
Read Islamic State Making Millions, Has Enough Weapons to Keep Fighting for Up to Two Years By Colleen Curry New UN report details group's 'diverse portfolio' of revenue streams, including from stolen oil, and robust artillery. Read. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL /ˈaɪsəl/), also translated as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS /ˈaɪsɪs/; ad-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah fīl-ʻIraq wa ash-Shām), also known by the Arabic acronym Daʿish and self-proclaimed as the Islamic State (IS),[a] is a Sunni, extremist, jihadist rebel group controlling territory in Iraq and Syria.
It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, the UAE and Israel. The Rise Of Isis. Australian National Security. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria : Jihad Watch.