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| | '''Lina Ishaq''' (b. CA. 1973) is an [[Iraq]]i [[Arab]] convert to Islam eho wad convicted of [[genocide]], enslavement, sentenced to 12 years in prison after keeping Yazidi women and children as slaves at her home in [[Syria]]. | | '''Lina Ishaq''' (b. CA. 1973) is an [[Iraq]]i [[Arab]] convert to Islam eho wad convicted of [[genocide]], enslavement, sentenced to 12 years in prison after keeping Yazidi women and children as slaves at her home in [[Syria]]. |
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| | Born to a [[Christian]] family in [[Sweden]] but converted to after meeting her late husband and [[Islamism|Islamist]] Jiro Mehho, with whom she had six children, in the 1990s. | | Born to a [[Christian]] family in [[Sweden]] but converted to after meeting her late husband and [[Islamism|Islamist]] Jiro Mehho, with whom she had six children, in the 1990s. |
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| | In 2013, she travelled to [[Syria]] with her children. After Mehho died in August 2013, she moved to Raqqa in 2014 and remarried. | | In 2013, she travelled to [[Syria]] with her children. After Mehho died in August 2013, she moved to Raqqa in 2014 and remarried. |
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| | The Yazidi victims were among thousands of women taken captive, while their male relatives were executed. | | The Yazidi victims were among thousands of women taken captive, while their male relatives were executed. |
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| | The court stressed “that the comprehensive system of enslavement” was one of “the crucial elements” implemented by IS in “the perpetration of the genocide, the crimes against humanity and gross war crimes that the Yazidi population was subjected to”. | | The court stressed “that the comprehensive system of enslavement” was one of “the crucial elements” implemented by IS in “the perpetration of the genocide, the crimes against humanity and gross war crimes that the Yazidi population was subjected to”. |
| | As such, the court said, “the woman shared the IS intent to destroy a religious group”.</blockquote> | | As such, the court said, “the woman shared the IS intent to destroy a religious group”.</blockquote> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| | *[[Yazidi genocide]] | | *[[Yazidi genocide]] |