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Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State
Overview of the systematic persecution of Shia Muslims by the Islamic State
Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State
Shia Muslims have been persecuted by the Islamic State (IS), an Islamist extremist terrorist 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, the Islamic State killed 1,700 unarmed Shia Iraqi Army cadet recruits in the Camp Speicher massacre. IS has also targeted Shia prisoners. According to witnesses, after the militant group took the city of Mosul, they divided the Sunni prisoners from the Shia prisoners. Up to 670 Shia prisoners were then taken to another location and executed. 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 IS. 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...
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