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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 they have mastered the Quran.
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.”
I already see an argument about Islam popping up, so I just want to offer my two cents worth before this gets to a point where I won't be able to read because my eyes will be permanently rolled into back of my head by the sheer amount of stupidity that arises.
Obviously, not all Muslims are like this. Many, realistically most, would be disgusted by the idea of a sex slave.
That doesn't make ISIS something other than Islamic.
Even people who honor Columbus for his navigational skills would agree that the establishment of a slave trade is a very bad thing. But the same people who immediately call out anyone who brings issues like ISIS an 'Islamaphobe' would be the same to hold all Christian accountable for the actions of a guy like Columbus, who even by the most cynical of critics, has at least some redeeming qualities.
You shouldn't judge parts of a whole and apply the sins of the parts to every member of the whole, no matter the subject, rather it's gay people, Muslims, gun owners, Christians, or anything that is a smaller category of human. It's always going to be intellectually inaccurate. But do not mistake pointing out the crimes of a part for claiming it's the work of the whole.
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