The New York Times this morning provides an intimate
glimpse into the exciting life of the “Daesh dames”:
Dua had only been working for two
months with the Khansaa Brigade, the
all-female morality police of the Islamic State, when her friends were
brought to the station to be whipped.
The police had hauled in two women
she had known since childhood, a mother and her teenage daughter, both
distraught. Their abayas, flowing black robes, had been deemed too
form-fitting.
“Their abayas really were very tight. I told her it was their
own fault; they had come out wearing the wrong thing,” she said. “They were
unhappy with that.”
Dua sat back down and watched as
the other officers took the women into a back room to be whipped. When they
removed their face-concealing niqabs, her friends were also found to be wearing
makeup. It was 20 lashes for the abaya offense, five for the makeup, and
another five for not being meek enough when detained.
[...] Within the brigade, women had started using their authority to settle petty quarrels or exact revenge.
[...] Within the brigade, women had started using their authority to settle petty quarrels or exact revenge.
Former member of the
Khansaa brigade,
dressed for success
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33985441
For analysis and further particulars:
http://worldofdrjustice.blogspot.com/2014/09/isils-caliphate-gender-aspect.html
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Another interesting tidbit, from the same very informative
article:
To the outside world, the territory
controlled by the Islamic State might seem to be a hermetically sealed land
governed by the harshest laws of the seventh century. But until relatively
recently, the routes into and out of Raqqa were mostly open. Traders would come
and go, supplying the Organization’s needs and wants — including cigarettes,
which some fighters smoked despite the fact that they were banned for Raqqa
residents.
More on the political theatrics of smoking, here:
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The Washington Post as well offers a well-informed inside glimpse into those who make
ISIL’s société du spectacle possible:
What they described resembles a
medieval reality show …
More on the matter here:
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Der Spiegel likewise got an inside view, thanks to
captured ISIL documents provided by Iraq:
The main takeaway is a refutation of those who would dismiss
ISIL as basically just a large street-gang, disorganized and devoid of strategy.
Our own view of the organization was presented here:
[More than once al-Qaeda,
ISIL is proving a Rorschach for the West.]
[Update Nov 2016]
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-uncovered/how-all-female-isis-morality-police-khansaa-brigade-terrorized-mosul-n685926
[Update 8 Feb 2017]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4199024/Girl-10-bitten-death-torture-device-ISIS.html
[Update 25 April 217]
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/04/26/Fear-of-ISIS-female-biters-haunts-women-during-night-at-Iraq-s-camps.html
Arabic version:
http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/iraq/2017/04/26/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B4-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%9F.html
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