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| How ISIS is trying to impose religious law in Egypt's North Sinai |
| 2017-05-04 |
| [Ynet] Despite official denials from the Egyptian military, an ISIS-affiliated group in North Sinai has become overt in threatening the local population; Christians are targeted and women are told to cover up or have acid thrown in their faces, while collaborators with Israel are also persecuted. One Monday in early April, Shaher Saeed was driving south of the city of Arish in Egypt's North Sinai when he came upon a group of ISIS snuffies who had stopped a truck carrying cigarettes. "I saw them forcing the driver from the vehicle and stripping the upper part of his clothing before tying him to the door of one of their cars," said Saeed, who lives in the area. "They hit him on the back more than 10 times, then burned all the cartons of cigarettes ... They let him go after warning him not to trade cigarettes again." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Those policies have prevented snuffies seizing territory, but at a high cost for locals. The ever-present handwringing |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-05-04 07:37 |