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IS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Widow Sentenced To Death By Iraqi Court

An Iraqi court has sentenced to death the first wife of slain Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for working with the jihadist group in crimes committed against Yazidi women, the country’s judiciary announced on Wednesday. According to the BBC, an interior ministry official identified her as Asma Mohammed aka Umm Hudaifa. The IS is accused of launching a series of attacks against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq. They captured and killed thousands of members of the community, and women and girls were subjected to sexual abuse and human trafficking. The Yazidis kidnapped and raped by IS members have filed a civil suit in Iraq, accusing Umm Hudaifa of colluding in the crimes, reported BBC. A statement by Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council s...

‘Justifying terrorism’: Russian playwright and director held for playing Islamic State wives play – Times of India

A Russian military court sentenced playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and theater director Yevgenia Berkovich to six years in prison on Monday, finding them guilty of "justifying terrorism" through their play "Finist the Brave Falcon." Petriychuk, 44, and Berkovich, 39, have been in custody since May 2023. They were accused of promoting terrorism through their adaptation of a classic fairy tale, which tells the stories of Russian women lured online to join the Islamic State group.Prosecutor Ekaterina Denisova claimed Petriychuk held "extremely aggressive Islamic ideologies" and that Berkovich justified and propagated terrorism. The court also banned both women from "administering websites" for three years after their release."Finist the Brave Falcon" premiered in 2020 and won two Golden Mas...

Russian region of Dagestan holds a day of mourning after attacks kill 20 people, officials say – Times of India

MOSCOW: Russia's southern region of Dagestan held the first of three days of mourning Monday following an attack by Islamic militants who authorities say killed 20 people, mostly police, and attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship in assaults in two cities. Sunday's violence in Dagestan's regional capital of Makhachkala and nearby Derbent was the latest that officials blamed on Islamic extremists in the predominantly Muslim region in the North Caucasus.It was also the deadliest in Russia since March, when gunmen opened fire at a concert in suburban Moscow, killing 145 people. An affiliate of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan had claimed responsibility for March's raid and quickly praised the attack in Dagestan, saying it was conducted by "brothers in the Caucasus who showed...