Struggles for women in the Middle East and parts of
Africa have been increasing, while the demand for equal rights and freedom of
repression. Well the Islamic State, the Boko Haram, and Nigerian terrorist who
have pledged allegiance to ISIS have taken a drastic measure to ensure their
victory. Their tactics exceed battling on the battle field man to man. The treatment
of women has gone to the extreme. They believe that if they capture and enslave
women they will build a “caliphate”, which is a Sharia ruled state, complete
with norms dating back to the seventh century, or that group’s interpretation
of an Islamic state at that time. During Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda they believed
a caliphate was a goal but in the far future for later generations, so now ISIS
has started working on that goal. ISIS believes that if you are going to build
a new successful society then you need women. Women play a vital role because they
are needed to keep the home and raise their children to become ISIS soldiers.
Women who have escaped from ISIS capture have
recollected on their brutal capture. The women remember being kept in
warehouses with hundred of women, being lined up in groups, and being put on
display for ISIS fighters to choose from. The women were chosen to be wives or
sexual slaves. Doctor who treated the escaped women has evidence of their assaults.
The Boko Haram is the group responsible for the kidnapping of the 276 female
students in Nigeria in 2014. These students are among over 2, 00 females who
have been captured by the group. The women who are forced into this life endure
many repressions and abuse. Some women stated that many women attempt or succeed
in committing suicide because some feel that death is the only way out.
These women are suffering on the daily basis. They
are taken from their homes and forced into a life that is unequal, cruel, and brutal.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/opinions/ghitis-women-isis-boko-haram/index.html
Illyana Massey
4/21/2015 8:17 pm
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