Islamic State turns radical Islam on Syria Muslims

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line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Their options were laid out in stark religious terms by the militant Islamists who are trying to carve out their own state in <span class="mandelbrot_refrag"><a class="mandelbrot_refrag" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/syria?lc=int_mb_1001" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Syria</a></span> and <span class="mandelbrot_refrag"><a class="mandelbrot_refrag" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/iraq?lc=int_mb_1001" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Iraq</a></span>. Defeated fighters were required to "atone" or die, a choice set out in Islamic terms and implying that resisting Islamic State rule amounted to a sin against God.</div> <span id="midArticle_1"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "I surrendered my weapons," said a rebel fighter who capitulated to Islamic State on July 2 and has been living in fear for his life ever since. He still believes Islamic State could execute him at any moment. "Everyone is subject to this. Everyone is afraid," he said, speaking via internet link.</div> <span id="midArticle_2"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> In cementing its control over the oil-producing province of Deir al-Zor, Islamic State has unleashed one of its bloodiest waves of repression to date, employing mass executions, threats and house demolitions as the attention of Western states has focused on rolling back the group in neighboring <span class="mandelbrot_refrag"><a class="mandelbrot_refrag" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/iraq?lc=int_mb_1001" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Iraq</a></span>.</div> <span id="midArticle_3"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> While some have been granted a pardon on Islamic State's terms that require complete allegiance, others have been shown no mercy. One tribe in particular has been singled out for persecution.</div> <span id="midArticle_4"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Hundreds of members of the Sheitaat clan have been executed after their tribe refused to submit to Islamic State. The entire tribe have been deemed "hostile apostates" by the group, an offshoot of al Qaeda that has declared a "caliphate" in the territory it holds.</div> <span id="midArticle_5"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Their killings are a reminder, say locals, that many of Islamic State's victims are not minority Shi'ites, Yazidis or Christians, but Sunnis who - nominally at least - follow the same denomination of Islam.</div> <span id="midArticle_6"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> As Islamic State's advances in Iraq have sent minorities fleeing for fear of execution or forced conversion to Islam, the group's radical interpretation of the religion has, in the case of the Sheitaat, laid grounds for mass persecution of Sunnis.</div> <span id="midArticle_7"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <span id="midArticle_8"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> INFIDELS</div> <span id="midArticle_9"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Islamic State has declared the Sheitaat tribe "an unbelieving sect" that should be fought as if they were infidels, according to a report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence in the Syrian war.</div> <span id="midArticle_10"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> At least 700 hundred members of the tribe have already been executed, the Observatory reported on Aug. 16.</div> <span id="midArticle_11"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Another 1,800 are still missing after being detained by Islamic State, according to the Observatory, which gathers information from all sides in the Syrian war. Its efforts to pledge allegiance to Islamic State have been rebuffed.</div> <span id="midArticle_12"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Pictures of the bodies of men apparently slain by Islamic State fighters in Sheitaat areas are surfacing every day, said Rami Abdelrahman, founder of the Observatory. "We have repeatedly expressed concerns about extermination," he said.</div> <span id="midArticle_13"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "It is the first time that the Islamic State has used these (religious) concepts against an entire tribe," he said.</div> <span id="midArticle_14"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> It has provided a convenient religious tool for crushing a tribe that until recently controlled several oil fields in Deir al-Zor, according to a source familiar with the conflict. That revenue stream is now fully in the hands of Islamic State.</div> <span id="midArticle_15"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> The treatment of the Sheitaat has served as a powerful deterrent to further rebellion in Deir al-Zor, a province bordering Iraq in the east mostly inhabited by Sunni Arabs many of whom are members of tribes that span the border into Iraq.</div> <span id="midArticle_0"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Besides the Sheitaat tribe, thought to number about 150,000 people, the Islamic State has accepted the surrender of other influential clans in the area which have publicly capitulated to the group.</div> <span id="midArticle_1"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> It was in early July that Islamic State, boosted by territorial gains in Iraq, staged a rapid advance in the province, securing a corridor of Syrian territory along the Euphrates river all the way to the Iraqi border.</div> <span id="midArticle_2"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <span id="midArticle_3"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> RAMADAN</div> <span id="midArticle_4"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "I will never forget that day," said the rebel, describing how Islamic State fighters seized the town of Shuhail, 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Deir al-Zor city, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.</div> <span id="midArticle_5"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "People were about to break their fast when Islamic State launched its attack," said the rebel, who has spoken to Reuters regularly over the past year or so.</div> <span id="midArticle_6"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> He spoke to Reuters via online link from inside his car, which he had parked in front of an internet cafe to connect to the Wifi signal. The Islamic State had confiscated his personal modem.</div> <span id="midArticle_7"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "Islamic State is carrying out a detailed survey of all the men. They are recording full names, and marking the ones who fought them, like me, with detailed information about which weapons I used and which battles I fought.</div> <span id="midArticle_8"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "We don't know the purpose of this survey. Are they going to forcefully enlist us in their ranks? Are they going to keep an eye on us for their security? Are they going to seize our property like they’re already doing?" he asked.</div> <span id="midArticle_9"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">     The rebel, whose name was withheld for security reasons, was a fighter in a group linked to the Free Syrian Army, an umbrella organization for Western-backed rebels who have largely faded from the scene as better armed Islamist groups have prevailed.</div> <span id="midArticle_10"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> The Nusra Front, al Qaeda's affiliate in the Syrian civil war, also took part in the effort to repel Islamic State's advance in Deir al-Zor. It has now abandoned an area that was once a stronghold, having refused to capitulate.</div> <span id="midArticle_11"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">     Sensing defeat was at hand, weaker rebel battalions called in a mediator to tell Islamic State they were ready for a truce and were even prepared to pledge allegiance to the group.</div> <span id="midArticle_12"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "We all knew that if this battle continued all night, it would be the end of us all - our town, our families," said the rebel, speaking of the night during Ramadan.</div> <span id="midArticle_13"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Islamic State spared rebel fighters and local clan elders who surrendered in Shuhail. But they also made the town's 35,000 residents leave for eight days with the stated aim of searching homes and securing the area.</div> <span id="midArticle_14"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">     "We had no choice. All of us, we left the city: elderly, babies, civilians, fighters, everyone," the rebel fighter said.</div> <span id="midArticle_15"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">     Some stayed with relatives in nearby villages, while others slept in the desert for a week, enduring the harsh summer heat.</div> <span id="midArticle_0"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "I've atoned, but I don't support them," added the rebel.</div> <span id="midArticle_1"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <span id="midArticle_2"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> ABANDONED HOMES</div> <span id="midArticle_3"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> But for the Sheitaat clan, there has been no mercy.</div> <span id="midArticle_4"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Three Sheitaat villages seized by Islamic State have been designated as a military zone, the rebel and another activist from the area said. The clan's property and <span class="mandelbrot_refrag"><a class="mandelbrot_refrag" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/commodities/livestock?lc=int_mb_1001" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">livestock</a></span> have also been seized, another person from the area said.</div> <span id="midArticle_5"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Islamic State has declared that no truce is possible with the Sheitaat, that its prisoners can be killed, and its women are unfit for marriage, according to the Observatory.</div> <span id="midArticle_6"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "We're still seeing Islamic State trucks loaded up with furniture and rugs from Sheitaat homes in those villages, which are now totally abandoned," said one person from the area contacted by internet link, speaking on condition of anonymity.</div> <span id="midArticle_7"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Islamic State has started to use house demolitions as a punishment. A video posted over the weekend shows what appears to be the detonation of a rural home as the narrator, who identifies himself as from Islamic State, explains that the home belongs to Sheitaat "apostates". </div> <span id="midArticle_8"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "This is a warning to all clans to capitulate and acquiesce into obedience of Islamic State," he says.</div> <span id="midArticle_9"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Other Deir al-Zor tribes have issued a plea to Islamic State to spare the Sheitaat. Clan and tribal elders from other groups appeared in a video posted on Sunday appealing to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to pardon them.</div> <span id="midArticle_10"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> "We ask that you extend forgiveness to the people of Sheitaat, who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State ... and your forgiveness will facilitate a new phase," said one of the leaders, dressed in traditional tribal robes.</div> <span id="midArticle_11"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> Alluding to the possible expansion of U.S. air strikes on Islamic State into <span class="mandelbrot_refrag"><a class="mandelbrot_refrag" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/syria?lc=int_mb_1001" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Syria</a></span>, he says that "the Crusader enemy is preparing to hit the Sunni areas that fall under the rule of Islamic State".</div> <span id="midArticle_12"></span><div style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; 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We should have learned by now that the concept of extending Western Democracy into countries like Iraq and Libya is a complete and total joke. The people in these countries have demonstrated no ability to exist in a democratic society. These countries require a “strong man” leader to keep them stable and under control and more importantly to keep control over radical groups like ISIS. This is essentially true in Syria. We don’t like Assad. I understand that. But we didn’t like Stalin in WWII, but Hitler was by far the greater threat at the time. The ourageously inept foreign policy of the US has done nothing in Syria other than weaken Assad and make it more difficult for him to eradicate the ISIS threat. At this point in time we need to implement the policy that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” and team with Assad and allow him to deal with ISIS. There is no doubt that he would exterminate ISIS totally. Assad is not our enemy. He may differ from us ideologically, but Syria cannot exist as a democracy….it is simply not possible. We need to support the leader who can impose the most effective control over the country and then pressure him to moderate how he deals with dissent among his own citizens.<br />The only alternative is that ISIS will establish an Islamic Caliphate.<div style="color: black; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="timestamp" style="color: #999999; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> Aug 26, 2014 11:21am EDT  --  <a href="" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Report as abuse</a></div> </div> <div class="singleComment" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/dotsHorizontal.gif); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; margin: 8px 0px 0px;"> <div class="commentAuthor" style="font-size: 13px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/profile/TexPatriot" style="color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">TexPatriot</a> wrote:</div> <div class="commentsBody" p="" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2;"> First they came for the Sheitaats, and I did not speak out<br />Because I was not a Sheitaat.<div style="color: black; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="timestamp" style="color: #999999; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> Aug 26, 2014 11:35am EDT  --  <a href="" style="color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Report as abuse</a></div> </div> <div class="singleComment" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/dotsHorizontal.gif); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; margin: 8px 0px 0px;"> <div class="commentAuthor" style="font-size: 13px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/profile/Pllc15" style="color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Pllc15</a> wrote:</div> <div class="commentsBody" p="" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2;"> In the long term, I believe ISIS will self-destruct into multiple sects when Arab and Muslim cultures have the tendency to engage in internecine warfare before they even attempt at establishing some semblance of unity which has been a pipe dream of theirs since the 7th Century. They won’t have time to sustain their holy war against the West when they are fighting each other.</div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="linebreak" style="clear: both; float: none; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 610px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS...

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