ISIS demands homes for foreign fighters in Mosul
MOSUL, Mosul Province – In its latest harassment of local citizens, the Islamic State group has been calling on Mosul residents who own more than one house to hand over their additional homes to foreign fighters who are arriving to join the extremists' army, a Kurdish official told Rudaw on Monday.
“If anyone has more than one house, he will be forced to give the second one or the rest to the foreign leaders and fighters,” Ismat Rajab, an official to the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul told Rudaw on Monday.
The radical group has tightened its grip on the stronghold city of Mosul in recent months, reportedly forcing civilians to follow strict rules and regulations and also share their wealth with the jihadists.
“They [ISIS] have told people to share their money, houses, their wealth and everything, claiming that the foreign fighters are protecting the ‘Caliphate’," Rajab said.
He said ISIS leaders told residents it is their “religious duty” to give up their extra homes to the foreign fighters.
“If anyone has more than one house, he will be forced to give the second one or the rest to the foreign leaders and fighters,” Ismat Rajab, an official to the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul told Rudaw on Monday.
The radical group has tightened its grip on the stronghold city of Mosul in recent months, reportedly forcing civilians to follow strict rules and regulations and also share their wealth with the jihadists.
“They [ISIS] have told people to share their money, houses, their wealth and everything, claiming that the foreign fighters are protecting the ‘Caliphate’," Rajab said.
He said ISIS leaders told residents it is their “religious duty” to give up their extra homes to the foreign fighters.