ISIS Sex Slaves So Glad Rape Rules Have Been Clarified

“When my master and his cronies brutalize and violate me in unimaginable ways, I know they’re following a proper set of rules.”

Raqqa, December 31 – Thousands of women and girls captured and made into sexual slaves by Islamic State fighters breathed a collective sigh of relief this week after self-proclaimed Caliph Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi issued religious guidelines for when, under what circumstances, and by what methods such captive females can be raped.

Al-Baghdadi presided over the development and release of the guidelines to help his fighters adhere to proper Islamic practice as they battle to make Islam a single political entity spanning the world. Beyond the mere capture of territory, and the forced conversion or massacre of entire populations, Islamic State fighters and functionaries need practical leadership on how to conduct their affairs after the military fight itself, and its bloody aftermath, have concluded. Al-Baghdadi therefore saw fit to help his subjects uphold the details of Sharia, Islamic law, as it applies to the more mundane details of life and administration, especially the disposition, exploitation, and treatment of captive women. Until the issuance of those guidelines, said the women and girls, there was no way to predict what kind of cruel treatment they would receive each day, but now, that uncertainty has been removed.

“I don’t actually know what the new rules are, because I’m not allowed to read, listen to the radio, or otherwise try to get information,” said Isma, a 15-year-old Yazidi girl purchased by an ISIS commander this past June. “But I’ve heard talk of them, so now, at least, when my master and his cronies brutalize and violate me in unimaginable ways, I know they’re following a proper set of rules, even if I don’t know what they are.”

“We can breathe little easier now,” agreed Maryam, 14, a Kurdish girl, “that is, if I could breathe easily at all. My master gave me a cracked rib when I resisted his first few advances, and it hasn’t healed because that keeps happening. Now that I know the beatings aren’t allowed to be arbitrary, but are only justified by Islamic law when I refuse to accommodate his lust and his desire to dominate, a little bit of tension is gone.” Maryam and her sister Ada, 12, were captured at the beginning of the summer and are still being held and raped repeatedly by the same ISIS battalion commander.

Ada added that she is especially grateful that the rules do not require her to attend only to her master’s libido, but allow him to force her to perform other domestic tasks. “It’s such a relief sometimes to be able to leave the house and go fetch water, or clean something, so I can be away from him and his ‘boys’ for a while,” she said. “Thank God for these rules.”