Meanwhile, Western politicians were falling all over themselves to assure the world that the Islamic State (ISIS) had nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. This is either appalling ignorance on the part of those whose job it was and is to know better, or willful dishonesty. Either way, this refusal to face reality continues to deform our response to the jihad threat, in ways that sooner or later will be catastrophic, as jihadis take advantage of the fact that our attention has been elsewhere for so long.
“‘Convert or die’: UN report finds evidence of genocide in Isis treatment of Yazidis,” by Peter Cluskey, Irish Times, May 13, 2021:
The United Nations Security Council is under pressure to refer allegations of genocide by Islamic State militants against the beleaguered Yazidi community in northern Iraq to the International Criminal Court (ICC), following a major new report by UN investigators.
The UN team that found “clear and convincing evidence” of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes was led by British lawyer Karim Khan QC, who briefed the security council this week and who takes over as ICC prosecutor – one of the most influential jobs in international law – next month.
Islamic State (also known as Isis) overran the Yazidi heartland in August 2014, forcing young women into servitude as “wives” for its fighters, massacring thousands of families, and displacing most of the 550,000-strong community – with the aim, said Mr Khan, to “destroy the Yazidi, both physically and biologically”.
Isis fighters, he told the security council, gave a string of Yazidi villages in the disputed Sinjar district the same clear ultimatum to “convert or die”, and the brutal killings that followed, especially those of children, had “shocked the conscience of humanity and chilled the soul”….
Michael Copeland says
Yazidis do not qualify as “People of the Book”, so they are not eligible to be offered dhimmitude.
commonsense says
The religion of the Yazidis is deemed by some to be related to Zoroastrianism, which would, arguably, mean that present-day Yazidis are the descendants of the Magians, mentioned in the Qur’an, who are considered by Muslims to have a recognized scripture – semi-legitimate, of course – and who would, therefore, be one of the Peoples of the Book. Needless to say, this status means nothing to the murderous al-Baghdadi, who can and does offer reasons – all based on Islamic law, mind you – to destroy this people utterly.
gravenimage says
Yeah–some Muslims think that Yezidis should be offered only Islam or death, and some more “moderate” Muslims think that they should be offered humiliated second-class citizenship, as well…
Kay Hall says
Isn’t that what they offer all now? Convert or die?
gravenimage says
If “people of the book” submit to Islam utterly and live as dhimmis and pay the Jizya they are suppposed to be allowed to live as persecuted and brutalized second class citizens. Since Muslims have not completely conquered an Infidel nation in recent centuries, this hasn’t been put to the test for a while.
mortimer says
The Leftists at the time were all saying that ISIS was not Islamic, but Turkey wants to ethnically cleanse the Yazidis also.
PRCS says
Not just Leftists.
A plethora of Muslims and Muslim organizations engaged in those many CYA oxymorons we’ve all come to know and love: that Islamic State “fighters” aren’t real Muslims; have perverted the “religion of peace”, are a tiny minority of extremists, etc.
Savvyone says
ISIS members are the real Muslims. Someone should tell the leftists.
PRCS says
No kidding.
They just now “discovered” this?
gravenimage says
Yep. The UN was too busy condemning Israel’s defending herself to notice until now…
Infidel says
I wonder what is the criteria Leftists use for how selective they are about whether a jihadist group/country is good or bad. One obvious one is whether it is pro-US: it’s under this that Saudi Arabia is hated, and for a while, the same was true about UAE and Qatar. On Turkey, they seem to be mixed: sometimes they condemn Turkey on things Armenia related (and they happen to be right there) – probably b’cos Turkey is still a part of NATO? Otoh, they are perfectly happy w/ jihadist groups supported by Turkey, like Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Hizbullah…. Oh, and the best joke is that they think that Hamas and Hizbullah are social organizations b’cos they provide social services. On Pakistan, the Left used to be anti-Pakistan when Republican presidents like Reagan and Bush were running the show, and when India used to have socialist governments. But once India got a right of center government, they suddenly became fans of Pakistan – and that includes Indian Leftists
But if there ain’t a clear relationship b/w a Jihadist entity and a western power or one of their major enemies, be it Hamas and Israel, or ISIS and Russia, or Saudi Arabia and the US, or the Houthis and Iran, then how do we figure out whether the jihadist entity has the Leftist endorsements? Any decoder rings, comrades?
Ken Johnson says
Convert to Islam or be killed. Read “The Last Girl” or bette ryet, the aran.
gravenimage says
You can find the book here, Ken:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34346848-the-last-girl
Keith O says
To me, the reason for our political masters refusal to say that ISIS is Islam can be found in the UN report.
The section where it mentions, genocide, crimes against humanity and WAR CRIMES.
When isis is committing war crimes, that means we are at war with isis. So to admit that isis is part of mainstream Islam would by extension mean that we, being humanity, is at war with Islam and none of the spineless wonders that are running our countries would ever admit to that.
James Lincoln says
Keith O,
Seems like an interesting – and accurate – analysis…
Keith O says
Thanks James, Went down the rabbit hole after a couple of Bundy rums.
Walter Sieruk says
This is more than enough proof that Islam had no valid of good augments , based on reason of logic for people to convert to it.
As shown by that jihadist ultimatum- death/threat to “convert to Islam or die.”
gravenimage says
UN investigators find that Islamic State gave Yazidis ultimatum: convert to Islam or be killed
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Of course, we’ve known this for five years now. Good that the UN finally noticed.
I doubt they will realize that this horror is orthodox Islam, though.
OLD GUY says
Join the gang or be used or killed that’s the islamic creed. The leadership of islam is no different than the crime bosses that rule the mob.