{"id":607,"date":"2015-02-18T23:07:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T23:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/?p=607"},"modified":"2015-03-15T23:28:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T23:28:21","slug":"isis-raqqa-wives-subjected-brutal-sexual-assaults-marrying-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/?p=607","title":{"rendered":"Isis Raqqa wives subjected to &#8216;brutal&#8217; sexual assaults after marrying militants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawomen-v2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-608 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawomen-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Activist group says women are becoming too scared to leave their homes\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawomen-v2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawomen-v2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawomen-v2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Activist group says women are becoming too scared to leave their homes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Women living under Isis\u2019s self-declared \u2018caliphate\u2019 are being subjected to &#8216;brutal, abnormal sex acts&#8217; and are becoming too scared to leave their homes, a local activist group has claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many women and young girls are being forced to marry Isis militants in the group\u2019s defacto capital of Raqqa, in Syria, and are then reportedly beaten and abused by their husbands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Syrian activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) says universities have been closed by Isis and women are banned from travelling to other areas to study.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> In a report on its website, the group said Isis fighters began searching for wives after taking over a swathe of the city. It says militants introduced a series of &#8220;crackdowns&#8221; designed to coerce women into marriage, such as prohibiting them from travelling or working without a male relative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abu Mohammed Hussam, one of the RBSS activists living outside of Raqqa, said women who walk around without male guardians are constantly harassed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He said girls and women between the ages of nine and 50 are sent to special \u2018education centres\u2019 to learn the Koran and given lessons on how to be good wives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raqqamothers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raqqamothers.jpg\" alt=\"Women with their children in Raqqa (Pic: Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently)\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raqqamothers.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raqqamothers-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raqqamothers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women with their children in Raqqa (Pic: Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The RBSS report claimed Isis members took advantage of poverty-stricken families by offering high dowries in exchange for marrying their daughters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Hussam said he spoke with three women between the ages of 19 and 29 who have allegedly been abused by Isis members. One woman told him she was hospitalised after a fighter she was forced to marry sexually assaulted her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-610\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawoman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawoman.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is seen walking down a street in Raqqa (Pic: Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently)\" width=\"460\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawoman.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawoman-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawoman-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/raqqawoman-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman is seen walking down a street in Raqqa (Pic: Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>He told <em>The Independent<\/em>: \u201cSome women say that foreign fighters are the worst, like monsters. Some of them say they&#8217;re asking for strange things. They are also looking to marry young girls\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read more<\/span> :\u00a0http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/isis-in-raqqa-women-subjected-to-brutal-sexual-assaults-after-marrying-militants-10053020.html<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women living under Isis&rsquo;s self-declared &lsquo;caliphate&rsquo; are being subjected to &lsquo;brutal, abnormal sex acts&rsquo; and are becoming too scared to leave their homes, a local activist group has claimed. 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