"Evil Empire of Fear": What ISIS Monsters Did to the Faces of 15 Iraqi Women Who Were Caught Not Wearing Full-Face Veils Will Sicken You

Leah Marieann Klett : Feb 12, 2015
The Gospel Herald

These kinds of horrific punishments for minuscule offenses are "just one more manifestation of the evil empire of fear that Sharia creates." -Robert Spencer, founder of Jihad Watch

(Iraq)—Islamic State militants living in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, severely disfigured the faces of fifteen Iraqi women by pouring acid on them as a form of punishment after the women were caught without their faces being fully covered by a niqab, a hijab which covers the entire face, except for slits for eyes. (Photo: Reuters/via Gospel Herald)

Last weekend, a Kurdish official told BasNews that ISIS' all-female policing unit, the Al Khansa brigade, reportedly carried out the horrific action after the women were detained on Sunday in the Mosul neighborhood of Salamiya.

The official from the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul, Saed Mamuzini, told the news site that the women were used as a warning to other females living in the city of what could happen if they chose to not to wear the Afghan-style hijab.

"They have implemented this punishment so that other women in the city will never consider removing or not wearing the niqab," Mamuzini said.

After overtaking Mosul last summer, ISIS issued a warning to the women living in the city, stating that if they were caught without wearing a full face veil, they would be severely punished.