ISIS Says It Is Reviving Slavery Of Women To Keep Men From Committing Adultery

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In an article titled “The Revival of Slavery Before the Hour,” ISIS says that enslaving families of the apostates such as the Yazidi and taking their women as concubines or sex slaves is a “firmly established aspect of the Sharia.” Hundreds of thousands of Yazidi families have been forced to flee their homes as ISIS rampages through northwestern Iraq. The article rationalizes the enslavement of women by stating that if a man cannot afford marriage to a free woman, he will be tempted toward such sins as “fornication and adultery.” Next

ISIS militants have repeatedly targeted the Yazidis, a religious minority in Iraq whom the extremists consider to be “devil- worshipping” apostates more unworthy than Jews and Christians.