summary:
After the taking of Mount Sinjar, ISIS captured thousands of Yazidi women and children and murdered the men. They claim the Quran justifies the capture and rape of non-Muslim women and girls. However, Ameena Saeed Hasan has taken the situation into her own hands. She takes calls daily from imprisoned women on their last legs, promising to send help. Hasan works with her husband to smuggle captives out of prisons. Although over 100 have been saved so far, many of the girls are lost to suicide.
analysis:
These extremists use their religious beliefs as an excuse, taking it far out of context, to do what they want. Disagreement with someone's religion does not justify violence. Religious toleration has been a colossal issue over time, from Roger Williams defending Native Americans to ISIS against the world.
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