ISIS Burns 19 Yazidi Women Alive in Metal Cages - CBN News

ISIS Burns 19 Yazidi Women Alive in Metal Cages

CBN News 06-08-2016

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JERUSALEM, Israel – Nineteen Yazidi women who refused to become sex slaves of their ISIS captors were caged and burned alive in Mosul, Iraq, late last week before hundreds of spectators that included their husbands.

"They were punished for refusing to have sex with ISIS militants, local media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News Agency.

The women, along with thousands of others, were kidnapped in August 2014 when ISIS took control of Sinjar in northwestern Iraq. Many of the women were sold as sex slaves.

The Kurdistan regional government says ISIS is holding at least 1,800 women captive in Iraq and Syria, while the U.N. estimates the Islamic State is holding some 3,500 Yazidi women captive.

Last year, ISIS caged and burned alive Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, a 26-year-old Jordanian pilot, posting the execution on line as it had done of beheadings. The Jordanian government made good on its pledge toexecute two imprisoned ISIS terrorists.

Christian Leaders Pushing Obama to Tell the Truth About ISIS - CBN

A member of the peshmerga forces inspects a tunnel used by Islamic State militants in the town of Sinjar, Iraq. (Reuters)

Christian Leaders Pushing Obama to Tell the Truth About ISIS

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A member of the peshmerga forces inspects a tunnel used by Islamic State militants in the town of Sinjar, Iraq. (Reuters)

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Christian leaders are pushing the Obama administration to declare that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians, Politico reports.

The term "genocide" has specific legal and political implications.

Under international treaties, the United States may have a legal obligation to act if the State Department declares that Christians are victims of genocide.

That declaration would pressure the White House to provide protection to Iraqi and Syrian Christians.

Many in Congress would likely support the idea.

This week, lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill to talk about Christian persecution in the Middle East.

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who chairs the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, says the Obama administration should label the enslavement, torture and execution of Christians by Islamic State as genocide.

"The world is experiencing a crisis of religious freedom that poses a direct challenge to U.S. interests in the Middle East, Central and East Asia, Russia, China and sub-Saharan Africa," Smith wrote in an op-ed posted on The Hill.

"Diplomacy by itself will not stop terrorism, but coordinated with military and economic development efforts, it can help undermine the conditions that nurture groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram as well as extremist Hinduism or radical Buddhism," he wrote.

Groups assisting refuges say Christians who flee ISIS often face persecution and religious violence in U.N. refugee camps.

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