ISIS in it’s own words
By zevi770 · January 19, 2016
Tzur Shezaf trevaled to Syria Iraq and Kurdistan and interviews ISIS captives
The captives
One afternoon, I went to visit the jail where the Kurds hold the prisoners they take captive. A car was parking under the high concrete ceiling in the yard of the prison, and a masked Kurdish soldier was leading two blindfolded captives out of it.
The first was Salah Abdullah Fatah, a skinny man with big eyes and straight hair, 21 years old. The Kurdish guard took off his blindfold. He was an Iraqi from Mosul.
How long have you been part of ISIS?
“Since they entered Mosul.”
Why did you join them?
“Because the Islamic State entered Mosul and everyone started joining it to support Islam, and because they’re doing the right thing.”
How many mercenaries are there in Mosul?
“Thousands arrive every day,” he said. “They’re being split into divisions. They say: ‘Allahu Akbar’ and go out to fight. The fighters we joined while I was there were against the oppressing West and against the countries of Europe. We aspire to annihilate them, leave no one alive. Islam alone will rule over the entire Earth. We’re against the Christians and the Jews and against anyone who is against Islam.”
What countries did they come from?
“Egypt, Saudi, Kuwait, and some from Europe as well. There are doctors and medical specialists. There are attackers and snipers.”
Where did you fight?
“In Mosul, Tal Afar and Sinjar.”
Did you kill people?
“Yes, this is what we’ve been taught. That anyone who fights against you and tries to divert you from the path of the faith is a ‘murtad’ and has strayed from Islam.”
And will you kill a Christian or a Jew?
“Sure, we need to slaughter every Christian. Either he becomes a Muslim, or he is slaughtered.”
And a Jew as well?
“A Jew as well.”
And what if I tell you I was Jewish?
“You’re Jewish?”
Yes, I’m Jewish.
“If you are part of the Khawarij (non-Muslims) and you don’t convert to Islam – I’ll slaughter you.”
You fought in Sinjar?
“Yes.”
Did you take girls from there?
“Yes, we did.”
Why?
“Women. Prisoners of war.”
Why? Because they’re Yazidi?
“Yes, from the Yazidis.”
The air in the room was so dark and stifling. Heavy. The second captive was sitting blindfolded on a chair to the side and listening to the conversation. He was blinking when the Kurdish guard removed his blindfold. His name was Laith Ahmad Mohammed. I asked him where he fought. “In Mosul, Jazaa and Al-Mashirfa.”
Did you kill anyone?
“Yes, I killed 17 people.”
What did you use?
“Just a sword. Ten in Iraq and seven in al-Jalaa. Kurds, Christians. All infidels. We say ‘Allahu Akbar’ and yalla, we behead. The sheikhs (religious clerics) came with us. They told us: This area is a Kurdish area, and it’s all filled with infidels, and there, that area of the Islamic State, is Al-Ard Al-Muqaddasah, holy land.”
He described the Islamic State whose land is holy. Everything within its borders is pure and holy – and anyone that’s outside of it – is an infidel.
Did you kill the infidels?
“Yes, I slaughtered them, beheaded them. Those who convert to Islam are not harmed.”
Why?
“Everyone is infidels.”
And the Jews?
“Infidels. The sheikhs said all of the Western countries belong to the Jews. They said ‘we’ll finish with Syria and then go to foreign countries and annihilate them.’ We won’t leave any Christians or Jews alive.”