⚠️ A video of Kurdish-speaking Yazidi women being auctioned off by the Islamic State group in Syria? ❌ The video in fact shows a performance in Arbil market in Iraq in March 2023
A clip has been viewed hundreds of times in social media posts that misleadingly claim it shows Kurdish-speaking Yazidi women being auctioned off by the Islamic State group in Syria. While Yazidi women were sold into sexual slavery or as jihadists'"wives", the clip in fact shows a piece of performance art in Iraq. Its director, Aryan Rafiq, told AFP the performance was held in Arbil market in Iraq in March 2023.
"Secularists who find the Kerala story to be a lie can see Muslim women being sold in the market, if you want this to not happen to your sisters and daughters, then beware and make your sisters and daughters aware too," reads part of the Hindi-language caption of a video shared on FacebookThe 20-second video, which has been viewed more than 450 times, appears to show a crowded market place where several women wearing burqas are chained together.
The caption adds:"In this way, the Islamic State sold Yazidi women in all the markets of Iraq and Syria. 7,000 Yazidi women and children were abducted and enslaved. 10,000 were executed for refusing to convert to Islam. Still, 2,713 Yazidis are missing in ISIS captivity."by the Islamic State group when it swept over the Kurdish-speaking minority's historic home in northern Iraq in August 2014.
The video was shared following the release of the Hindi-language film"The Kerala Story" in India, which the number of Hindu women converting to Islam and joining the Islamic State group. The film has been praised by India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The same video was also shared alongside similar claims elsewhere on Facebook
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