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Aug 20, 2014
Source: Online Platforms
ISIS Justifies Its War on Yazidis: We Called on Them to Convert to Islam First
#4438 | 04:28Source: Online Platforms
In a video posted online on August 20, 2014, an ISIS commander explains that they offer the Yazidis a chance to convert to Islam before killing them. "The Islamic State does its utmost for the repentance of any infidel - Yazidi, Crusader [i.e., Christian], or Jewish," the commander claims. The video shows a scene of mass conversion, with a hall full of Yazidi men reciting the two shahadas.