Facing extreme poverty after a mortar strike killed her parents, Umm Rashid married an ISIS emir and joined the militant group. As part of the female “morality police” in her village, Umm Rashid enforced dress code laws. In an interview with the Daily Beast, she bragged about torturing men and women.
From the Daily Beast:
Read Full Article »Fascinated to be hearing not just about, but from an actual member of the ISIS hisbah, we ask Umm Rashid to explain to us how women are punished. We know the men have their shirts removed and are flogged in public, “But what about the women?” we ask, wondering how ISIS handles this delicate matter. “Are they undressed as well, and if so where?”
Umm Rashid is perfectly matter of fact: “For example if there is a woman with a colored abaya, we would arrest the husband and wife and take them to the hisbah jail. They would take the woman to the female's hisbah and the man to the male's hisbah.
“We would take off the clothes of the woman until she is in her underwear. Then we would beat her with a lash. Then there are special women in the hisbah for biting,” says Umm Rashid. We have heard about this practice of biting women but have never had a firsthand account.
“We would torture that woman so badly, that when the husband came from the other side she wouldn't be able to walk ..."
