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Esmerelda Weatherwax
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Islamic State beheads first women civilians
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant jihadists have beheaded two women in Syria for sorcery, an extension of the punishment which is normally reserved for men.

The case marks the first time a woman civilian is recorded as having been beheaded, though the punishment has been inflicted on women soldiers from the Kurdish militia, the YPJ, the female version of the YPG.

Women have been stoned to death for adultery. Sorcery, in Islamic countries, usually means fortune-telling, a practice that is specifically outlawed in the Koran but remains popular.

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Posted on 06/30/2015 10:08 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
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