AS IT IS 2016-01-04 Fatwa Explains IS Rules About Sex Slaves

AS IT IS 2016-01-04 Fatwa Explains IS Rules About Sex Slaves

The leaders of the Islamic State terror group have written a detailed¹ memo² about how female sex slaves should be treated by their IS captors.

A document was written in January 2015 but was recently uncovered by the Reuters news agency.

For example, a man who takes a woman as a sex slave cannot also have sex with her daughter, Reuters reports.

A translation of the original document says: “It is necessary to clarify some rules pertaining⁴ to captured prisoners to avoid any violations⁵ in dealing⁶ with them.”

Apparently⁷ the rules needed to be made clear because most members of IS did not know how to treat captive women.

“These rules have not been dealt with in ages,” says the first part of the document.

The New York Times wrote about the rape⁸ of a 12-year-old girl last summer. The girl was an IS captive for 11 months before escaping to a refugee camp in Iraq.

The girl said her captor would kneel down and pray before raping⁹ her. He said the rape was allowed by the Quran and brought them both closer to God.

The girl is part of the Yazidi religious minority who are being persecuted¹¹ by IS.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have written about the sexual abuse of Yazidi women by their IS captors.

Donatella Rovera is a crisis advisor¹² for Amnesty International. She works with women who once were enslaved by IS.

“IS fighters are using rape as a weapon in attacks amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity,” she says.

The IS document outlines “do’s and don’ts” when dealing with female sex slaves.

Here is part of the list:

If a slave becomes pregnant, her captor cannot have sex with her again until after she gives birth.

A man cannot cause an abortion¹³ if the slave is pregnant

A father cannot have sex with a slave, give her to his son and then have sex with her again

If two or more people purchase a female slave, none of them can have sex with her because she is a “joint” captive

The owner of a female slave cannot humiliate¹⁴ her or force her to do work he knows she will not be able to perform.

The list has at least 15 separate points.

According to the New York Times story, IS has captured so many women that their trade has turned into a thriving business.

Women are held in warehouses¹⁵, inspected like livestock¹⁶ and transported in fleets of buses. All sales are documented by IS-run Islamic courts.

One girl talked about how her captor considered her rape allowed by God.

An expert on Yazidi life from the University of Chicago told the New York Times that many of the IS attacks in Iraq are fueled by the desire to capture more women as sex slaves. Controlling territory is a secondary concern.

A report from the BBC in 2014 said over 3,500 Yazidi women and girls had been captured by IS.

The treatment of these captives prompted more than 100 Muslim scholars worldwide to write an open letter to IS. They condemned¹⁷ its practices as un-Islamic.

Two points of their letter were: “It is forbidden to deny women their rights, and it is forbidden to re-introduce slavery.”

Words in This Story

abortion – n.  to end a pregnancy 

fleet – n. a group of ships or vehicles that move or work together 

humiliate – v. to make (someone) feel very ashamed or foolish

livestock – n. farm animals (such as cows, horses, and pigs) that are kept, raised, and used by people

memo– n. a usually brief written message from one person or department in an organization, company, etc., to another

persecute¹⁰ – v. to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly especially because of race or religious or political beliefs

pertain³ – v. to relate to someone or something : to have a connection to a person or thing

thrive – v. to grow or develop successfully : to flourish or succeed

1 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

2 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

3 pertain   

v.(to)附属，从属；关于；有关；适合，相称

参考例句：

• His remark did not pertain to the question.他的话同这个问题不相干。
• It does not pertain to you to instruct him.你不适合教训他。

4 pertaining   

与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)

参考例句：

• Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school. 视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。

5 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

8 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

9 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

10 persecute   

vt.迫害，虐待；纠缠，骚扰

参考例句：

• They persecute those who do not conform to their ideas.他们迫害那些不信奉他们思想的人。
• Hitler's undisguised effort to persecute the Jews met with worldwide condemnation.希特勒对犹太人的露骨迫害行为遭到世界人民的谴责。

11 persecuted   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

• Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
• Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。

12 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

13 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

14 humiliate   

v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace

参考例句：

• What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
• They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。

15 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

16 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

17 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。