
(Max Karl Tilke, 1920)
Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Many people imagine that the so-called Islamic State is a clear-cut case of men using religion to oppress and exploit women. Well, unfortunately it’s nowhere near that simple. Some of the most poisonous and evil people in the leadership of the Islamic State are — amazingly enough — themselves women. And, in at least one notable case, one of these prominent female criminals is a blonde British convert. Mind-boggling, but true:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/equal-opportunity-terrorism_1042864.html
Yezidi women (the granddaughters of such women as the one shown above) are among the so-called Islamic State’s principal victims.
Posted from San Francisco, California