Islamic State Kidnaps 30 Women in Mosul Women Refused to Marry Jihadists
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MOSUL
The Islamic State militants kidnapped around 30 women from neighbourhoods of Mosul on April 20th.
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official from Mosul Saed Mamuzini told BasNews that the militants kidnapped the women because they refused temporary marriage (Nikah) with the jihadists.
The women are from the Wadi Ikab, Hail Tanak and Tamouz 17 neighbourhoods of Mosul and their current whereabouts is unknown.
Mamuzini explained, “IS insurgents had selected the women for temporary marriage with the jihadists, and kidnapped them when they refused.”
“The women are aged between 20 and 35, single and married.”
IS militants used their women’s brigade, al-Khansa, to investigate, arrest and kidnap women under their authority.
The jihadists have kidnapped thousands of young girls and women since they took control of areas in Syria and Iraq, forcing them into temporary marriage .
Reports from IS strongholds in Iraq confirm that the militants regularly use women as sex slaves and sell them in markets.
IS is also responsible for the kidnap of over 5,000 Yazidi women when they attacked Sinjar, northern Iraq last year.
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