Middle East
Aug. 21, 2014 | 12:22 PM
ISIS video shows conversion of Yazidis to Islam
Reuters
BAGHDAD: The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), that witnesses and officials say has executed hundreds of members of Iraq's Yazidis, released a video that seeks to show it enlightened hundreds of members of the religious minority by converting them to Islam.
The production was issued not long after the group released a video Tuesday showing one of its black-clad fighters beheading American journalist James Foley, sparking international outrage.
The Yazidis, followers of an ancient religion derived from Zoroastrianism who are part of the country's Kurdish minority, have paid the highest price for ISIS' dramatic advance through northern Iraq.
ISIS militants, widely seen as more hardline than Al-Qaeda, storm into villages armed with machine guns and give Yazidis a simple choice: convert to Islam or die.
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Aug. 21, 2014 | 12:22 PM
ISIS video shows conversion of Yazidis to Islam
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Reuters
BAGHDAD: The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), that witnesses and officials say has executed hundreds of members of Iraq's Yazidis, released a video that seeks to show it enlightened hundreds of members of the religious minority by converting them to Islam.
The production was issued not long after the group released a video Tuesday showing one of its black-clad fighters beheading American journalist James Foley, sparking international outrage.
The Yazidis, followers of an ancient religion derived from Zoroastrianism who are part of the country's Kurdish minority, have paid the highest price for ISIS' dramatic advance through northern Iraq.
ISIS militants, widely seen as more hardline than Al-Qaeda, storm into villages armed with machine guns and give Yazidis a simple choice: convert to Islam or die.
Read more:
ISIS video shows conversion of Yazidis to Islam News Middle East THE DAILY STAR