Specifically, ISIL argued that the Yazidi were idol worshipers and appealed to the shariah practice of spoils of war. In October 2014, in its digital magazine Dabiq, ISIL explicitly claimed religious justification for enslaving Yazidi women. See also: Islamic views on slavery, Slavery in 21st century Islamism, Ma malakat aymanukum, and Forced marriage Given the prison's international attention after US control, "the Islamic State of Iraq obsessively referenced the 2005 Abu Ghraib scandal to justify their gendered violence and deflect criticism of their abuses." After US withdrawal, Iraqi and Kurdish security forces continued the sexual violence of their predecessors Human Rights Watch documented sexual assaults of women (especially Sunni women), sometimes in front of their husbands or children.
Under US administration, Abu Ghraib prison continued be used for sexual abuse of prisoners. As de-baathification disempowered Sunnis, many Sunni women turned prostitution to survive. Between 20, upto 3,500 Iraqi women disappeared, many feared to have been sold into sexual slavery. The 2003 invasion of Iraq dismantled Iraqi security forces, resulting in a "tidal wave" of sexual violence. After the Gulf war, sanctions against Iraq crippled the economy and incapacitated the government women were abducted in Baghdad and sold into sexual slavery. During the Anfal campaign, Saddam's troops raped Kurdish women. During the Iran–Iraq War, Iraqi secret police would sexually assault prisoners and video tape it. Many of these families were subjected to rape and torture while in internment camps. After the 1979 Iranian revolution, Saddam Hussein interned and deported 40,000 Iraqis of Shia faith. There is a history of sexual violence, especially when inflicted by the state, in modern Iraq. Sexual violence, as defined by The World Health Organization includes “any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.” ISIL has used sexual violence to undermine a sense of security within communities, and to raise funds through the sale of captives into sexual slavery. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has employed sexual violence against women and men in a terroristic manner. Crimes against women committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Rape
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