Atrocities against women in Syria. ISIS sexual atrocities through the eyes of a nun. They destroy ancient cities and priceless relics

Women who managed to escape from captivity told their stories.

In August 2014, ISIS took over the city of Sinjar in Northern Iraq. They took over 5,000 Yazidi women as captives and sold them into slavery. Most still remain in captivity, but the few who managed to escape told their stories of torture, slavery, violence and abuse.

According to the Daily Mail, the women spent 7 to 10 months in captivity. Iraqi photographer Seyvan Salim took pictures of the rescued women wearing the Yezidi national white wedding dress, as it is their symbol of purity.

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15 girls who managed to escape shared their horror stories exclusively with the Daily Mail. Their stories are united by indescribable cruelty, bullying and torture that women were forced to endure.

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22-year-old Nazima from the town of Kojo spent 9 months in captivity.

Nazima, 22, was bought by a man who took her to Tal Afar. "When we arrived, he forced me to marry him. That night he tied my hands and feet and blindfolded me. Then he raped me. I never stayed long in one place: Mosul, Bashika, Baaj, Kojo, Sinjar He constantly moved and took me with him. I tried to escape twice, but he caught me and beat me for three days in a row. Sometimes I didn’t eat for a week, sometimes even longer. I was locked in a room, as if in prison, "the girl said.

When Nazima was in Mosul, she decided to run away. To do this, the girl put on a black abaya, caught a taxi and told the taxi driver that she was escaping from slavery. The taxi driver called the girl's brother and arranged for her transportation. Nazima's brother knew a taxi driver in Mosul whom he trusted and asked him to bring the girl to Badush. There she was given to Kurdish soldiers and she became free. "My two sisters and two brothers are still in ISIS captivity."

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Ruba, 28, spent 10 months in captivity.

Ruba, 28, was sold to a 40-year-old man from Saudi Arabia. "He wanted to marry me, and when I refused, he pointed me to three things on the table: a knife, a gun and a rope. He said that he would use each of them if I did not agree. I refused again and again, so he beat me. He also beat my niece, who is only 3 years old," the girl said. Ruba was sold to another man who also wanted to marry her, but she refused, and he also beat her and his niece. "He tried to rape me, and when he couldn't, he sold on."

In the new family, the girl cleaned, cooked and washed. "The man who brought me said that he had to sleep with me so that I would become a real Muslim. I said that if I slept with him, I would become his wife, not a slave. His wife threatened to leave him if he sleep with me."

Because Ruba's 3-year-old niece did not speak Arabic, the man's wife put pepper in the little girl's mouth and locked her in a room without water. "She hit her so hard that you can still see the marks," Ruba said. The slave owners did not let the girl change her niece's diapers for a whole week. "We were only allowed to eat small portions of food because we are slaves and should not expect much food."

Military reports from Syria and the atrocities of ISIS fanatics have long been the main agenda of all the world's media. At the end of September of this year, Russian aircraft joined the air bombardment of terrorist positions. But for some of our compatriots, active participation in the international struggle against the Islamic State began long before that.

Like any military conflict with powerful ideological overtones, this war attracted a huge number of volunteers and adventurers from all over the world. For most of them, the war against ISIS is a sacred struggle for freedom. Volunteers of various political views take part in it. Thus, the International Freedom Battalion, which consists of volunteers - anarchists and communists from Western Europe, Turkey and other countries, is actively participating in the war against the Islamists. Most of the volunteers join the Kurdish YPG.

We talked to a Russian volunteer who fought against ISIS as part of the YPG. Eugene became one of the very first volunteers from Russia, who, having abandoned his past life, took up arms and embarked on the path of fighting new barbarians.

What prompted you to change the comfortable and safe lifestyle of a lawyer for the scorching Syrian sun and the permanent risk of death?

The constant risk of dying is an integral part of life. Diseases, accidents, murders: don't flatter yourself, death is near. Our culture has marginalized death, we have repressed it from our own perception, we have put a taboo label on it, and we have put on the jester's hat of movies and video games to boot. Most people delude themselves into thinking that something will change if they live a couple of extra years. Without risking anything, they turned their lives into a philistine swamp.

I can’t say that it was some kind of special decision to go to Syria. This is due to my lifestyle and beliefs. And the story of the struggle of the Syrian Kurds against ISIS, the creation of a democratic autonomy inspired me and saved me from disappointment in human society for a while.

How did your family react to your decision to go to Syria?

Of my relatives and friends, maybe a couple of people knew about my plans. Then a little more. In general, for me it's something like work, but I'm not talking about working at home.

What difficulties did you face on the way to Syria? Why did you decide to fight specifically as part of the “People's Self-Defense Detachments” and how difficult was it to get into their ranks?

The first difficulty is that such events require money, and I am not a fan of savings. However, I slowed down for a while with alcoholism and partying. It was terrible, because without a glass of gin in hand, reality becomes too vile.

The second problem is the Kurds. Either my escort got lost somewhere, or the barzanists closed the border. But I eventually made it to Rojava.

In Syrian Kurdistan, the right ideas are in the air: social democracy, secularism, feminism, militarism. However, when I went there, I was poorly versed in all the subtleties. Before, I was interested in the possibility of joining the Iraqi Peshmerga, but then it was difficult. In the ONS, everything is simple: you write on Facebook, you buy a ticket to Iraq, and in the end you end up there.

Tell us a little about your life in the camp.

Well, if it was about the camp, that is, the relative rear, then it was very boring there. We did not have much contact with the Kurds, we hung out in our volunteer company. The Kurds were horrified by the words "fuck", "asshole", which is normal for us. We were not interested in orthodox socialism, we missed beer and Coca-Cola. In addition, we were told so often about the cool Ocalan and the revolution that the roof could move. Turkish Stalinists were a bonus in our detachment, and this is absolutely hell.

Then our detachment was reduced to two volunteers: someone died, someone left, so we already talked with those Kurds who did not harass them with propaganda. In fact, there are wonderful people there, better than here. After all, we rarely communicated with civilians, and the YPG is a volunteer army, so there is a certain type of people who are ready to sacrifice for their beliefs or for their family, not under duress. Ideology spoils the portrait a little, but these amoeba-like whiners from offices, infantile activists from our cozy countries, reposting news on social networks, are no match for the most insane Stalinist with a Kalash. It does not matter what views a person holds if he is not ready to stand for them with all his might. In Rojava, people are fighting for their ideals, which is a hell of a thing. Better can only be voluntary seclusion in Khrushchev with tea without sugar.

Life in the camp is quite monotonous. Guard twice a day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner were prepared for everyone in turn. No training. In the evenings, the Kurds watched TV and read books. We sat on smartphones, also read, listened to music, chatted about this and that, did exercises ourselves, cleaned weapons. In general, they wanted to be at the forefront.

Soldiers of the International Freedom Battalion

One of the main features of the YPG is the women's units that take an active part in the battles with the Islamists. Tell us a little about these girls, is there really equality in the squads?

In fact, this is a rather complex question in terms of singularity. In Israel, North Korea, and now in Norway, compulsory conscription for girls. Maybe there are some other countries, but the comparison with compulsory conscription is incorrect, I repeat: the ONS is a volunteer army. And on a voluntary basis, women can serve in many countries. Not to mention the various partisan movements.

There is no full equality, but this is not connected with discrimination against women. So, a woman can command a men's squad, but men cannot command women's. I was in a mixed one, both of them can command there. Some of the commanders are women, some are men. What can I say about the girls in ONS? I liked them much more than the girls I usually meet in civilian life. It is unlikely that I can accurately and briefly convey the impressions, in short, if you watched Nausicaa from the Valley of the Winds, then I will refer to Miyazaki. Nausicaä is a very accurate depiction of a Kurdish YPG girl.

What can you tell about the enemy after facing him face to face? Is all this crazy ISIS media propaganda and talk shows about the executions of infidels just a way of intimidation, or is such hell being put on stream everywhere? Have you witnessed these atrocities?

We didn't meet face to face. Usually the fighting took place at a decent distance, when firing from assault rifles is impossible and the firefight is between machine gunners and snipers. Closer contact was with the assault groups, but I was in the consolidation and defense group or in the reserve groups during the attack. In our volunteer company, Ariel, a volunteer from Iran, died in the first battle, after which the commanders reluctantly let us go into the thick of it. Face to face, I saw only dead ISIS, and they looked quite peaceful. But this is typical of the dead. I saw a couple of prisoners, but they were some kind of militia, an ordinary peasant from an Arab village, put under the guns of ISIS, with Chinese "Kalash".

ISIS not only executes infidels, it is also the punishment applied to criminals. The mass media demonize ISIS, depicting them as nothing more than a crowd of fanatics, terrorists and thugs. If that were the case, they would not control territory any more than Assad's. Everything is much worse, they really claim to create a state with a functioning legal system, with all the necessary social institutions. In fact, ISIS is not much different from civilized Europe and the rest of the world.

In 1945, the French bourgeois, who had nothing to do with the Resistance, ran out into the streets, beating and humiliating women who slept with the Nazis. In the 1990s, in the Balkans, Albanians and Serbs cut each other's heads as vigorously as they do now in the Middle East. In Saudi Arabia, heads, arms and legs are cut off. The way the drug cartels in Mexico deal with their victims will not occur to most Arabs. We are horrified by how ISIS put a bullet in the head of another victim, and we are happy to support the economy of China, in which those sentenced to death are butchered alive for organs ... ISIS is partly a Western phenomenon in general. I'm not talking about conspiracy theories: there are many immigrants from Europe and America. ISIS is not scary as thugs: they are scary as a social and political phenomenon. The media portray ISIS as a bunch of "Bitz maniacs". In fact, this is another reincarnation of the "eternal Reich". Some politicians understand this, so Russia finally sent its planes there and the United States began negotiations with Iran. We live in hell, of course, but if ISIS managed to gain a foothold, then we would move from the third circle to the fourth.

Of course, I did not see live executions: there was always a shooting distance between us. ISIS does not offer tours for the YPG or sell tickets to shows. That's what the internet is for. And public executions are only part of the show. On trophy laptops, we were shown a video where ISIS members distribute food for free, organize courts. What the US military calls winning hearts and minds.

Stalinist girl, Gire Sipi and the Turkish border

Left to right: Russia, UK, Netherlands, Canada

How can you assess the military training of the Islamists? And how do you feel about combat in general?

Their preparation is the same. There are good snipers, gunners, but for the most part they love God more than themselves, which is why they go on the attack at full height. There was a story that some Igilovite with an RPG got close to the positions, jumped up, shouted “Allah Akbar!” and, of course, received a burst from a machine gun, without having time to shoot. This is close to the realities of war.

As I said earlier, I was in the anchoring group. This means that our tasks included the occupation of the liberated settlements and their retention. Defending is always easier. The worst thing about war is mines. Both those that are installed on the ground, and those that fly in from a mortar. The first ones are more annoying. In general, I thought that it would be worse, I would pray and the like. Going down the subway or going to a corporate party is scarier.

Does a large percentage of the local population sympathize with the Islamists? How does it generally feel about the Kurdish rebels?

In Rojava, the Kurdish population predominates, so they sympathized with the Kurds more. Of course, there are those who support the Islamists, but most people are an inert mass: the Islamists will come and grow their beards, the Kurds will come and shave off their beards. I had little contact with civilians.

Recently it became known about the death of Russian volunteer Maxim Normann in Syria, some media publish information about other Russian volunteers. You were one of the first to arrive in Syria, did you meet many Russians there, did you keep in touch with them?

I didn't meet Russians. According to the military, I was the first Russian there, but it seems that there were Kurds from the CIS in the YPG. I didn't see them, but I think they were. I met several doctors who studied in the Soviet Union, and I knew one Kurd from the YPG, he studied engineering in Russia.

Since at that time I was the only Russian, I can say that they treated me well, although they got exclamations why I was not a Bolshevik or a Stalinist. They asked why Russia does not bomb ISIS, why Russians do not go to them to help build socialism. I said that capitalism has long been in Russia, many were surprised at this.

Did this combat experience live up to your expectations? How do you rate it in general: is it positive or negative?

I don't like war, even though sometimes there's no way out. In a sense, I am a pacifist, although I believe that any decent person, as in Switzerland, should have an assault rifle and a supply of ammunition at home. If you want peace, prepare for war, it's true.

I don’t know if I gained any combat experience, I improved my English, I read many interesting books. On the one hand, I saw a lot of good people: Kurds, volunteers from all over the world. But I also saw them die. They are dying because people are hostages of big politics. Because most people don't care. There is no feeling of solidarity, no compassion, most people are ready to help the poor only as long as it does not harm their comfort. But I knew all this before, once again I only saw confirmation. I do not like to receive confirmation of my gloomy ideas.

You were "lucky" to visit the prison of Iraqi Kurdistan. Tell me about this incident.

I remember your request to answer in more detail, but here I will still limit myself to a couple of words: I rewrote the note about this incident three times, but the result did not suit me. I did not like.

Has this war changed something in you?

Hardly. Before the war, I wanted to lock myself up in my apartment, so as not to see anyone, and drink something strong. Now I want the same. I am a nihilist, only without a ferret and a saber. And I also lost weight there, in Syria, and aged a little. And so, nothing special. When I volunteered to put out fires in 2010, this impressed me much more. Trees have always seemed nicer to me than people.

By the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014, the Islamic State was recognized as a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation.

“We stood, and they looked at us, choosing those who are more beautiful - who have a beautiful body, eyes, hair, face. They choose, rape and pass on to the next."

These are the harrowing memories of a 28-year-old Yazidi girl, Ghazala, from the city of Sinjar in northern Iraq, who managed to escape from ISIS captivity. The history of Ghazala (name changed for security reasons) is given by the English service RFL.

Ghazala and her younger sister Narin (name also changed) were held captive by extremists for nine months. They were held in the city of Raqqa, now the de facto capital of ISIS. The girls were sold as slaves and were held captive by one of the militants.

August 3, 2014, the Yezidis will never forget. On that day, ISIS fighters attacked and took over Yazidi-dominated Sinjar, killing thousands of men and capturing thousands of women and children. About 200 thousand people fled.

Ghazala and her four younger brothers and sisters had been orphans for a year at that time. They also fled, deciding to hide in their uncle's house near Mount Sinjar. But the militants caught them.

“There were 100 of us…relatives,” Ghazala recalls. “They attacked and took everyone with them – men, women, children, even elderly women.”

Captivity

In the first days after the abduction, ISIS placed Ghazala and her relatives in various locations in the immediate vicinity of Sinjar. They then ended up in the notorious Badush prison in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under the control of ISIS.

“There were a lot of women and children there. They kept us there for five days,” Ghazala recalls. In Badush, ISIS fighters systematically sorted out their captives.

Ghazala, her sister and other young Yezidi girls were sent to Raqqa in Syria. Here, the girls began to be sold as slaves to other militants, including foreigners.

“Their men came every hour - two, three, four, five, six, seven…” says Ghazala. - They came in with big sticks and told us to get up. Those who didn't get up were beaten."

After the "buyer" chose the girl, he dragged her to the bathroom to "check" before paying money for her.

Like any item for sale, some of the girls were valued more than others. According to Ghazala, the militants preferred the young and beautiful, whom they raped, then passing them on to other militants.

Ghazala says that once her name was heard, as well as the names of her sister and cousin (the latter was only 13 years old). The girls were not sold, they were given as a gift to a certain Vali, the leader of ISIS in the Syrian city of Homs. The girls were told that it was their duty to "serve" Vali.

“We promised him that we would do whatever he asked. Just don't marry us. We do not want to get married,” recalls Ghazala.

Moroccan

Soon the girls were transferred to Homs. There it turned out that they are now in the service of a 60-year-old ISIS fighter from Morocco. Ghazala begged to be released, assuring them that they had done nothing wrong.

According to the girl, the Moroccan first promised to treat Ghazala and her sister as daughters. But soon the elderly man informed the girl that he wanted to marry her.

The Moroccan militant said he would not kill Ghazala and her sister, but would not let them go for the rest of his life.

“He asked if I knew where we were. I said that we are in Syria,” says Ghazala. “Then the man said that Syria would be our grave.”

He soon sold the girls to Raqqa, deciding to send the proceeds from the sale to his family in Morocco.

The escape

For a long four months, Ghazala and Narin were enslaved by a militant whose pseudonym - Abu Muhammad al-Shami - indicates that he is a Syrian.

During this time, Ghazala saw other captives attempt to commit suicide - the only way to escape the brutality of the militants.

“I no longer had the strength to endure the violence at the hands of the militants,” Ghazala said. “I didn't kill myself just for my sister. If it wasn't for her, I would have killed myself."

Ghazala and her sister were rescued from captivity by Yazidi activist and businessman Abu Shujaa, who helps women escape ISIS violence.

“We didn't have anyone but Allah and Abu Shuyaa,” Ghazala says.

But for most girls, the chances of salvation from the side are minuscule: there is no connection, and most Yezidi women do not know a word of Arabic.

Translation: E. Ostapenko

Illustrations: Al Jazeera/ drawings of Yazidi children fleeing ISIS

Take a chair and sit comfortably, because. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the laws of the youngest, barbaric and bloodthirsty "state" in the world. I studied the laws of ISIS in order to understand why everyone is fleeing this terrorist quasi-country. In short, the "legislative framework" of the "Islamic State" clearly pursues one idea - to model human behavior as it was in the seventh century at the time of the Prophet ...

Some background information about ISIS. The idea of ​​reviving the Islamic caliphate in the modern world is not new. To create a state that would live according to Sharia law - such a goal, at least declaratively, is set by the majority of radical Islamist groups fighting in the Middle East. But it has not yet happened that a terrorist organization has formed its own state on the occupied lands. Today, ISIS is an administrative and legal entity that has all the attributes of statehood.

Moreover, ISIS is the richest terrorist organization in the world. ISIS began issuing its own currency, the gold dinar, as well as the silver dirham and the copper fils. It is stated that the rate of one dinar (4.25 grams of 21 carat gold) is 139 US dollars, a dirham (2 grams of silver) is about 1 dollar, 10 fils (10 grams of copper) is 6.5 cents. Initially, the main source of funding for the group was private donations.

Muslim millionaires around the world transfer money to ISIS accounts. They also help with the organization of recruitment centers and propaganda in their countries. But they do not advertise their commitment to radical ideas, for fear of losing business.

Aid flows through the informal Middle East money transfer system Hawala, so it is extremely difficult to track the direction and volume of transactions. The money goes to the budget of the "Islamic State" under the following "budgetary" items: firstly, donor assistance (USA, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey), secondly, oil, thirdly, internal taxes, fourthly, the seizure people, fifthly, the sale of cultural property. ISIS does not disdain kidnappings for the purpose of ransom, selling organs and drugs.

Judge for yourself, how, without international patrons, could the militants still fight and have the best weapons at their disposal?

On the one hand, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf cooperate with the US and European countries and carry out air attacks on these regions of Iraq and Syria, on the other hand, their actions do not bring concrete results, this once again proves that they are materially and morally cooperating with ISIS.

Moreover, the US supports ISIS in Syria by openly opposing Assad. But it is the troops of Bashad Assad that are the only force that really opposes the ISIS militants in the world.

Washington now faces a choice: try to confront Russia in Syria or cooperate with the Russian Federation in the fight against the Islamic State, which is actually in the interests of the States. But the United States does not yet understand this, and we again see attempts to put pressure on Russia and discredit it both in the eyes of the West and its allies. Meanwhile, ISIS fighters drive American armored cars...

ISIS adheres to the ideology of jihadist Salafism, the ultimate goal of which is the creation of an Islamic caliphate and the introduction of sharia law in Iraq and Syria. However, they will not be satisfied with these two countries, they want to spread their ideas in all Islamic states and all over the earth.

In the ranks of ISIS there are both ideological fighters and mercenaries who joined the group out of a desire to make money. Most are Sunnis from the occupied territories, for example, there are many former soldiers from the army of Saddam Hussein.

Laws. ISIS in the territories under its control proclaims various, sometimes strange and illogical laws. Those who do not comply are severely punished.

The five to six million people living in ISIS-controlled territories exist in a world of taboos and strict rules that determine what is bad and what is good.

The attitude of ISIS fighters towards women deserves special mention. If women who were originally associated with ISIS are formed into combat units (and they seem to be even considered equal to their husbands), then the rest will face a different fate. As you know, Islam denies the equality of women and men. Moreover, the Qur'an also allows you to take the wives of "infidels" as your concubines. This is exactly what the militants of this organization decided to do. At the end of last year, 150 women were killed for refusing to participate in the so-called sex jihad.

ISIS kills judges, lawyers and members of the judiciary. They refer to the fact that only God condemns, man cannot pass judgment.

A nationwide dress code has been established requiring all men to wear a beard and for women to wear a veil and abaya. Slavery has officially been revived in ISIS, slave markets are openly operating.

It is forbidden to smoke cigarettes and chew gum. For violation of this prohibition, 80 lashes can be prescribed, and sometimes - in case of repeated violation - the death penalty.

Women who leave home unaccompanied by a man are brought home by ISIS officers, and their husbands are given a punishment of 80 lashes.

It is forbidden to wear denim trousers for women and denim trousers with a narrow belt for men. There is a ban on teaching chemistry, physics, philosophy in educational institutions. It is forbidden to watch football, and children are not allowed to watch cartoons.

For Christians, the militants of the "Islamic State" have developed a whole set of rules for the residence of "infidels" in the lands controlled by terrorists:

It is forbidden to build churches, monasteries and cells; it is forbidden to demonstrate religious symbols and literature;
it is forbidden to “read publicly” church texts and ring bells; any manifestation of "disrespect" to "Islam and Muslims" is prohibited; a poll tax is imposed in the amount of four gold denarii per year for the "rich", two - for representatives of the "middle class" and one - for the "poor".

In addition, Christians are required to adhere to the "dress code" of the ISIS, avoid the public use of religious vocabulary and bury their fellow believers in cemeteries specially designated by the new authorities.

In order to prevent separatist sentiments from brewing among the population, IS organized mass surveillance of the population, suppressing any attempts to violate established laws and separatism, and the introduced practice of widespread denunciation helps them in many ways.

Boys and girls are forcibly taken away from many families by militants in order to make the former new militants and marry the latter to militants or conditionally turn them into prostitutes through the practice of temporary marriages.

In addition to Syria and Iraq, ISIS or groups controlled by it are also involved in hostilities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Nigeria, the Philippines,

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In addition, according to her, for ISIS radicals it makes no difference who they rape as part of the “sexual jihad”.

A nun from Syria Agnes Mariam, who came to Russia to present her with the Themis-2015 award, reported on the “lakes of blood” that militants of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation arrange.

The founder of a Christian monastery, who over the past years has been documenting jihadist atrocities and has become one of the main enemies of ISIS, spoke in an interview with MK about the hope of returning the Syrians "to their roots, to their Christian heritage."

Mother Agnes, whose father was a Palestinian refugee, spent 22 years in a Lebanese monastery, but in 1983 she decided to establish a monastery in the Syrian city of Kara on the ruins of a monastery dating from about the 5th century.

According to the nun, her fight against terrorism began in 2011.

“I went to Homs in November 2011. The Western media talked about peaceful demonstrators who were in favor of the Islamic State. In reality, they were suicide squads. Their goal was to sow violence, to paralyze the peaceful life of the city. In one day, I saw more than 100 corpses in the hospital. I saw whole lakes of blood. I have all the videos, - Agnes explained to reporters. - Then in the West they said that it was Assad who arranged everything, but I have lists of the dead - 75% of them are government soldiers. They were killed to destabilize the situation and remove the power of Assad. At that moment, it was still unclear what kind of people who carried out the massacre.

Speaking about the modern customs prevailing in the territories occupied by radical Islamists, the nun said that "there is no public life as such in ISIS." According to her, everything revolves around the mosque, where women are not allowed to go.

Agnes explained that executions take place there daily.

“Recently, a girl was beaten with sticks because she opened a profile on Facebook,” the nun said.

In addition, according to her, for ISIS radicals it makes no difference who they rape as part of the “sexual jihad”.

“They have an official custom - the rape of a woman who does not follow the rules of Islam. Sister, mother, daughter, it doesn't matter,” she said, adding that one of their leaders raped 700 women in the Syrian region, where ISIS has not even established power.

According to Agnes, "sexual jihad" is a cover for their corrupt mind and body. The terrorists learned to bypass the traditions of Islam thanks to the concept of a wedding for 2-3 hours. In order not to violate the laws of Islam, they marry, have fun with a girl, and then get divorced and pass her along the chain.

“These women naturally have no choice. They are simply raped. Sometimes they take little girls. They consider sexual intercourse acceptable from the age of 9. By the way, mass polygamy is now observed in ISIS - they marry girls who are 9, 10, 11 years old, - the nun noted. - Many of them soon die. Their bodies can't take it. But few people from international organizations care about this.”

In addition, women are bought and sold en masse in slave markets.

“Sheikhs come there, feel slaves, look into their mouths, touch their breasts, legs - everything is like in a movie,” the nun explained, adding that not only women, but also men are goods.

When asked if ISIS fighters use drugs, Agnes replied: "Absolutely." According to her, jihadists most often use opium and pills that are supplied to them from Saudi Arabia.

Also, the terrorists, contrary to the information published recently in the Western media about general poverty, are not at all constrained in their means.

“The money is mainly from Arab princes and from the sale of oil. 200 thousand people who turned the whole country upside down live comfortably on the territory of ISIS. They have night vision devices, they have better equipment than the Syrian government army,” Agnes said.

Responsibility for this, she said, lies with Western countries, which "themselves initiated the spread of Islamist culture, behavior."

“In fact, I believe that the very structure of ISIS is just a robot, an artificial creation. It is not him who should be feared, but those who created him. Everything is very serious, - added the nun. - I am not afraid of ISIS as such. I am afraid of those people who are behind a bunch of militants, throwing money, giving them instructions, inspiring them.

“On the Internet, you can find videos about ISIS. They have very good producers from the USA, England, France. They are professionally preparing such material. That is why I say that ISIS is an artificially created phenomenon. This is a big show,” summed up the woman, whose head the terrorists have been hunting for a long time.

Pavel Gorokhov