ISIS has an English language publication called Dabiq which recently ran an article titled “The Revival of Slavery Before the Hour.” In it, ISIS’ spokesmen make the case that the Yazidi minority group should be turned into slaves, and that doing otherwise counts as apostasy. According to Human Rights Watch, women and girls are sold to ISIS fighters as sex slaves, while boys are forced into the ISIS military. Men are also turned into slaves, but it is unclear to what horrible ends.
It was ISIS’ assault on the Yazidi that convinced U.S. officials to intervene, and although the ISIS advance has been halted for now, tens of thousands of Yazidi remain in refugee camps, and an unknown number remain slaves to ISIS fighters …
