Yazidi culture adjusts to ISIS mass rape. Rape no longer considered a dishonor

[Liberal_in_LA]

For Yazidis, the tragedy is so great that their own strict traditions have had to adjust.

'Hundreds' of Yazidi women killing themselves in ISIS captivity

Before ISIS attacked Sinjar, marrying outside the Yazidi faith was strictly condemned. Those accused of adultery -- and even victims of rape -- could be killed for "dishonoring" their family.

But that is changing, according to Baba Sheikh, who desperately wants those abducted by ISIS to return.

"Anyone who comes back will be warmly welcomed home," he insists. "They should keep their heads up. They have done nothing wrong. And they should not be worried."

His words are a source of comfort for the tormented; even as ISIS attempts to destroy the Yazidi people in the name of religion, the terror group's victims may still find solace at home.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/08/middleeast/isis-rape-theology-soldiers-rape-women-to-make-them-muslim/index.html

[Behind the Aegis]

1. This is just tragic on so many levels.

The fact a woman was considered "dishonorable" for being raped is barbaric, though it sadly still exists in Western culture too (look at the assholes who talk about "legitimate rape&quot . It is good the culture is changing, but sad it took something like this. I know the Jews, even Orthodox ones, dropped the "sin" of being tattooed and cremated after the events of the Holocaust.

[KitSileya]

2. If I am not much mistaken, Jewish faith is very pragmatic in extreme situations.

Isn't is so that if you are starving to death, you are allowed to eat non-kosher food? Because preservation of life is paramount? I think I read that somewhere in connection with the Holocaust.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. That is true.

There are rules and there are exceptions, many of us enjoy the "exceptions." But, yes, the Holocaust (and a few other events) caused so reflection about how "strict" one has to be in certain situations.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. I didn't say it, which is why you successfully defeated your own strawman.

Congrats.

Whether you are aware or not, I can guess which, there are those in the West who do consider women "dishonored" despite being a victim of rape or sexual assault. While they may not take it to the extremes other groups do, nor is it a mainstream cultural phenomena, it is as disgusting, dehumanizing, demeaning, and sometimes deadly, nonetheless.

[LostOne4Ever]

6. Took the words right out of my mouth.

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=indigo]It shouldn't take something like this for people to realize that blaming someone for being raped is wrong.

And no culture should have to endure what the Yazidis are enduring now, or what your people endured back then.

The only silver lining I can see, is that if the nightmare going on in the middle east ever ends, the Yazidi women will no longer be shamed for being raped. That is something, though it never should have came from such a high price.[/font]

[pansypoo53219]

7. how damned generous of them.

[Javaman]

9. that was my first thought too...

it took something this horrible to finally wake the fuck up about rape.

[Quantess]

8. That's nice.

[Brickbat]

11. I find that fascinating.

[mythology]

12. While it's sad that that it takes something like this

To prompt change, it's good that they are willing to change.