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Friday, 26 June 2015

ISIS holds Koran-memorizing contest with lure of sex slaves

Reuters / Muzaffar Salman

on the back of horrible atrocities committed on countless Kurdish and Syrian girls and young women, Islamic State (IS/ISIS, formerly ISIL) shows no signs of stopping. A further slap in the face of humanity was given when the Da’Wa and Mosques Department in Al-Baraka province in Syria got behind the idea of running the new contest, announced June 19, as Ramadan celebrations commenced, according to Middle East Media Research Institute and the Clarion Project. The two are research institutes tasked with tracking ISIS’ social media presence.Terrorists with Islamic State aren’t letting ordinary life pass them by – the group is holding a contest with prizes amid celebrations for the holy month of Ramadan. The game? Memorizing the Koran. The prize? Human sex slaves.
The Clarion Project has put up a translation of the text of the notice, which looks frighteningly like any other notice you’ve ever seen, except for the top three prizes – all slave girls, with a runner-up prize of 100,000 Syrian lira (approx. $462). There are a total of 10 prizes.
Contestants are asked to register with four of the mosques on the list. The prizes will be awarded at the start of Eid el-Fitr.
“We ask the great lord to make your life easier and to grant you with what he loves and what pleases him.” Signed: the Dept. of Dawa and Mosques.
Some most violent passages of the holy book were reportedly chosen for the contest.
Image from clarionproject.org

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