Shocking and Horrifying !!! A Kurdish journalist tells his story of the conflict in his area Mosul and the coming of the dreaded ISIS and even the happenings before that !!!! The scene in the streets of the city since the withdrawal of the Iraqi army and the entrance of ISIS is as though Mosul has turned into something like Kandahar in Afghanistan. You can’t find any of the familiar architectural features of the city because they have been destroyed. Everywhere you look you see bearded men dressed as Afghan men dress, and even many of the original inhabitants of the city have started to grow beards in order to feel safe. The general atmosphere in Mosul is one of fear – of disappointment when it comes to the central government in Baghdad, and of fear of the future under the so-called caliphate and ISIS. New rules are being imposed all the time; now smoking can bring public flogging. There are rumours everywhere that female circumcision is taking place, and something called jihad al-nikah, which basically means that mujahideens who come from outside the city are entitled to temporarily marry any woman they choose, according, they claim, to an Arabic tradition – though in fact it is neither an Arabic nor an Islamic tradition. So people are very scared and very worried, because this is not how they used to live.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:58:36 +0000
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