On Tuesday Nadia Murad, of Yazidi origin recounted her time as an ISIS sex slave captive to Congress, urging the national community to take on a stronger role in getting rid of ISIS. Murad stated to the Senate Homeland Security committee that “the USA must act. We must terminate Daesh (ISIS) and all such terror.” She continued to testify that Daesh would not give up their weapons unless it is by force. She also spoke to the committee about the recent Orlando shooting, in which 49 people were killed and 53 injured, she said that this attack did not surprise her and if ISIS were not stopped, they would continue to deliver crimes everywhere.
According to CNN, the United Nations has released a report that estimates that ISIS holds around 3,500 slaves and the terrorist group continues to mainly subject women and children to sexual violence, specifically, in sexual slavery. Secretary of State John Kerry has said in March that the U.S. had determined that ISIS’ brutality does constitute with genocide. With that in mind, Murad has asked for the international community to play a role in dismantling ISIS’ web.
Murad is one of few women who were able to escape captivity and live to tell her story to the world in hopes that the international community will rally behind her destroying ISIS. Although she is free from their captivity, she expressed to congress that she “does not have the feeling of the freedom because those who have committed these crimes have not been held accountable.” Murad also has specifically asked the Muslim community to continue denouncing ISIS and continue to deny any possible claims that ISIS are committing their terror attacks in the name of Islam.
