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Persecution of Shias by IS
LocationPersecution of Shias by the Islamic State Afghanistan
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Iraq
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Kuwait
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Lebanon
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Syria[1]
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Pakistan
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Saudi Arabia
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Yemen
DateJune 2014 – Present
TargetShia Muslims
PerpetratorsPersecution of Shias by the Islamic State Islamic State
DefendersPersecution of Shias by the Islamic State Iraq
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Iran
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Syria
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Hezbollah
MotiveAnti-Shia sentiment
Salafi jihadist extremism

Shia Muslims have been persecuted by the Islamic State, an Islamic extremist group, since 2014. Persecutions have taken place in Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the world.

Despite being the religious majority in Iraq, Shia Muslims have been killed and otherwise persecuted by IS, which is Sunni. On 12 June 2014, ISIL killed 1,700 unarmed Shia Iraqi Army cadet recruits in the Camp Speicher massacre.[2][3][4] ISIL has also targeted Shia prisoners.[5] According to witnesses, after the militant group took the city of Mosul, they divided the Sunni prisoners from the Shia prisoners.[5] Up to 670[6] Shia prisoners were then taken to another location and executed.[5] Kurdish officials in Erbil reported on the incident of Sunni and Shia prisoners being separated and Shia prisoners being killed after the Mosul prison fell to ISIL.[5]

IS also targeted Christians and Yazidis in northern Iraq on a "historic scale", putting entire communities "at risk of being wiped off the map of Iraq". In a special report released on 2 September 2014, Amnesty International described how ISIL had "systematically targeted non-Sunni Muslim communities, killing or abducting hundreds, possibly thousands, of individuals and forcing more than tens of thousands of Shias, Sunnis, along with other minorities to flee the areas it has captured since 10 June 2014". The most targeted Shia groups in Nineveh Governorate were Shia Turkmens and Shabaks.[7]

  1. ^ Elise Labott; Tal Kopan (March 17, 2016). "John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide". CNN. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Terrifying execution images in Iraq; U.S. Embassy in Baghdad relocates some staff". CNN. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  3. ^ "Iraqi court sentences 24 to death over Speicher massacre". Middle East Monitor – The Latest from the Middle East. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ "احصائية رسمية: 1997 العدد الكلي لمفقودي مجزرتي سبايكر وبادوش". Rudaw. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d Harding, Luke; Irbil, Fazel Hawramy in (25 August 2014). "Isis accused of ethnic cleansing as story of Shia prison massacre emerges". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  6. ^ "U.N. accuses Islamic State of mass killings". Reuters. August 25, 2014 – via uk.reuters.com.
  7. ^ "Iraq crisis: Islamic State accused of ethnic cleansing". BBC News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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