Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Saturday 21-year-old Nadia Murad who had been held for three months in Iraq by ISIS as a sex slave. The young Yezidi woman had requested to meet President Sisi less than two weeks after she gave a speech to the United Nations Security Council about her ordeal inside ISIS’ system of sexual enslavement. According to a statement released by Presidency spokesperson Alaa Youssef, Murad and Sisi talked about ISIS’ atrocities against Yazidis in Iraq and how ISIS had hijacked Islam to further its agenda. During the meeting, Murad personally told President Sisi about the horrors the Yezidi population in Iraq had been witnessing. Murad clarified that ISIS had been using the name of Islam despite Muslims and Yezidi people having lived peacefully side-by-side throughout history. On his part, President Sisi welcomed Murad to Cairo and vowed support against ISIS to all people living in Iraq. President Sisi also strongly condemned ISIS’ actions and said that their acts have no relation to Islam. Having recently called for continued reform in Islamic discourse, President Sisi assured Murad that Al-Azhar, the highest Sunni Islamic authority, is…
Egypt’s President Sisi Meets Yezidi Woman Held as Sex Slave by ISIS
December 27, 2015
