Adamant wrote on Aug 8^th, 2014 at 3:44pm:

False images used to ‘prove’ slavery, genital mutilation under ISIS

...dozens of photos circulating on social media networks and the media claiming to show the barbaric acts of the Islamist group are, in fact, fake.

While ISIS has claimed responsibility for multiple acts of horrific violence, many of the shocking images published online and attributed to the jihadist group have actually been taken out of context and falsely labelled...

...Photos of women allegedly sold as slaves

Citing an Iraqi parliamentarian, several websites claimed that hundreds of women from the Yazidi community had been sold as slaves after the capture of Sinjar at the beginning of August. One photo showing women chained and veiled spread on social networks and was taken as proof of the claim. It turns out that this image was taken during a Shiite procession in the town of Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, in 2013.

Several media outlets broadcast a video of a group marriage in July in Mosul, Iraq. These women were allegedly forced to marry jihadists.

In reality, the video shows the marriage ceremony of an Islamist fighter in Syria. In the video, the master of ceremonies says [at 0:20] “I congratulate our brother and friend the groom…” showing that the marriage is for one man only. The original video was published in June 2013, well before the arrival of ISIS in Iraq.

A ‘fatwa’ on genital mutilation

At the end of July, a representative of the United Nations in Iraq claimed that ISIS had ordered the genital mutilation of all the women and young girls living in the Mosul region. The claim was founded on the basis of a ‘fake fatwa’ that had been circulating online for several months and which references the cities of Aleppo and Azaz in Syria.

Other extravagant claims have been circulating online: ISIS has reportedly, for example, ordered farmers to hide cows’ udders because they’re deemed ‘indecent’. The news hasn’t been confirmed, and so far no image of hidden udders has been published...



http://observers.france24.com/content/20140812-slavery-genital-mutilation-collec...

AL, are you denying that they are engaging in slavery and mistreatment of women, or just complaining about photos going round on facebook that depict the wrong acts of horrific violence?

freediver wrote on Aug 19^th, 2014 at 12:36pm:


So FD you don't have a problem with fake photos and fatwas going around to smear islam....

....because islam smears itself anyway?

The obvious question then, why the need for all these fake photos and fatwas?

Baronvonrort wrote on Aug 19^th, 2014 at 3:06pm:


Baron must be a kind of genie, G. From here on, it's a thread on sex slaves.

Yes, Master. Your wish is my command.

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This is ISIS remember. I'm sure even you would agree they are pretty much the bottom of the barrel. If an article is a rebuttal of photos being passed around on facebook, it sounds like a strawman to me, in an attempt to draw sympathy for head hacking Muslim extremists. And no, it does not bother me at all what gets spread around on facebook.

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There is no need for them, that is why there was no evidence at all of the original "problem". For all we know it could have only reached 100 people wordlwide, and was presented as a joke. It is simply another example showing that no matter how depraved the acts of Islamic extremists, Muslims will still attempt to paint them as some kind of victim.

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That old messenger service? Isn't that like saying it has reached email?

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When you really have to go looking for them.

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I prefer to criticise them for what they actually do. Getting it wrong just fuels the Islamic victimhood machine. Hence the wiki.

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ISIS are ordinary Muslims? That's not how it normally plays out Gandalf. You are the ordinary one. ISIS are the rare extremity that doesn't really exist.

What exactly was published in the mainstream media?

How is criticising ISIS an attempt to smear ordinary Muslims?

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I just finished explaining why I disagree.