On the third anniversary of ‘Islamic State’ attack on the Yazidi community in Iraq, this Twitter thread by the amazing journalist Jenan Moussa is painful, albeit a must read .
2/ Today marks 3yrs after horrible ISIS slaughter of Yazidis in Sinjar. At least 3100 male Yazidis killed, 7000+ women &children enslaved.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
4/ That's why during my stay in Syria I specifically asked captured ISIS wives to tell me their version of slavery stories. Very disturbing.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
6/ "When ISIS took Sinjar, all Yazidi men they found were killed. ISIS considers them real kuffar (unbelievers) so they had to be killed"
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
8/ "The ISIS doctor checked who is virgin and who is married. Because otherwise ISIS cannot know who is virgin and who is not a virgin."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
10/ "They also collected the none adult males (they call them abeed or male slaves) and they separated them into a different group too."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
12/ "All soldiers were happy to get female slaves, because they could have sex with them. Slave owners offered own slaves to their friends."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
14/ "They end up taking slaves 2hospital because they got injured from way they had sex with them. Some of slaves were really young in age."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
16/ "When it reached al-Baghdadi how fighters were sleeping with slaves, he didnt accept that. This isn't way to deal with slaves, he said."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
18/ "After completion of sharia course, ISIS fighters kept slaves to themselves. And didn't allow friends to have sex with their slaves."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
20/ "Later selling slaves became a business. ISIS fighter would buy a slave for $1000. Then he sells her for 3000 dollars to make profit."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
22/ I sat in shock listening to this emotionless ISIS wive. Then I asked if her own husband had a slave. https://t.co/KiAkA9NjEC
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
24/ "My husband explained to him: There is a Telegram channel, it is called 'Souk lil Sabaya'. All the fighters of ISIS are in this group."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
26/ "ISIS fighters start bidding for slave. If she's beautiful, high price. If she's pretty &virgin VERY expensive. Some sold for $30.000."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
28/ "If he wants to buy a slave, he not only wants to see pic, he will touch her body. He checks if it's good for him, if her breasts OK…"
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
30/ "Some (ISIS fighters) would say: I want to see her naked, why should I get cheated and get a bad quality slave?"
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
32/ "ISIS fighters start fighting in market over slaves. And when they take slave home, their wives fight with them bcz they feel jealous"
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
34/ "Some (ISIS) fighters will basically treat their slave good for personal reasons because he wants to sleep with her."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
36/ "It's just like when you are selling a car, you have to show the car in its best condition to get the best price. Same goes for slaves."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
38/ "My current Tunisian (ISIS) husband he did not want to have a slave. His friend gave him one slave as a gift, but he didn’t take her."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
40/ "One time I saw (in Raqqa) a slave girl &she was crying very loud because every time they would sell her to a different fighter."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017
43/ When u read my thread on ISIS slavery it's shocking 2realize there's no int mechanism to punish ISIS. No UN court. Many ISIS walk free.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 3, 2017