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| Despite being the religious majority in ], Shia Muslims have been killed in large numbers by ISIL.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Which groups are under threat by ISIS in Iraq? - CNN.com|url = http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/meast/iraq-ethnic-groups-under-threat-isis/index.html|website = CNN|accessdate = 2015-12-22}}</ref> By June 2014, ISIL had already claimed to have killed 1700 Shia Muslims.<ref name=":0" /> ISIL, attempting to create a Sunni Muslim caliphate, has labelled all Shia Muslims infidels.<ref name=":0" /> As a result, they have specifically targeted Shia communities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Isis accused of ethnic cleansing as story of Shia prison massacre emerges|url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/isis-ethnic-cleansing-shia-prisoners-iraq-mosul|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-12-22|first = Luke|last = Harding|first2 = Fazel Hawramy in|last2 = Irbil}}</ref> According to witnesses, after the militant group took the city of ], they divided the Sunni prisoners from the Shia prisoners.<ref name=":1"/> Six hundred fifity Shia prisoners were then taken to another location and executed.<ref name=":1" /> Kurdish officials in Ibril have reported similar incidents where Sunni and Shia prisoners were separated and Shia prisoners were killed.<ref name=":1" /> | Despite being the religious majority in ], Shia Muslims have been killed in large numbers by ISIL.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Which groups are under threat by ISIS in Iraq? - CNN.com|url = http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/meast/iraq-ethnic-groups-under-threat-isis/index.html|website = CNN|accessdate = 2015-12-22}}</ref> By June 2014, ISIL had already claimed to have killed 1700 Shia Muslims.<ref name=":0" /> ISIL, attempting to create a Sunni Muslim caliphate, has labelled all Shia Muslims infidels.<ref name=":0" /> As a result, they have specifically targeted Shia communities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Isis accused of ethnic cleansing as story of Shia prison massacre emerges|url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/isis-ethnic-cleansing-shia-prisoners-iraq-mosul|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-12-22|first = Luke|last = Harding|first2 = Fazel Hawramy in|last2 = Irbil}}</ref> According to witnesses, after the militant group took the city of ], they divided the Sunni prisoners from the Shia prisoners.<ref name=":1"/> Six hundred fifity Shia prisoners were then taken to another location and executed.<ref name=":1" /> Kurdish officials in Ibril have reported similar incidents where Sunni and Shia prisoners were separated and Shia prisoners were killed.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
| ] has held ISIL responsible for the ] of ethnic and religious minority groups 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, it 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 ] along with other minorities to flee the areas it has captured since 10 June 2014". the most targeted Shia groups in ] were ] ] and ], who have lived together for centuries in ] province, large parts of which have come under ISIL's control.<ref name=amnestyethnic /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29026491 |date=2 September 2014 |title=Iraq crisis: Islamic State accused of ethnic cleansing |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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The persecution of Shia Muslims by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) within its region of control in Iraq and Syria increased following its takeover of parts of Northern Iraq in June 2014.
Despite being the religious majority in Iraq, Shia Muslims have been killed in large numbers by ISIL. By June 2014, ISIL had already claimed to have killed 1700 Shia Muslims. ISIL, attempting to create a Sunni Muslim caliphate, has labelled all Shia Muslims infidels. As a result, they have specifically targeted Shia communities. According to witnesses, after the militant group took the city of Mosul, they divided the Sunni prisoners from the Shia prisoners. Six hundred fifity Shia prisoners were then taken to another location and executed. Kurdish officials in Ibril have reported similar incidents where Sunni and Shia prisoners were separated and Shia prisoners were killed.
] has held ISIL responsible for the ethnic cleansing of ethnic and religious minority groups 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, it 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 along with other minorities to flee the areas it has captured since 10 June 2014". the most targeted Shia groups in Nineveh were Shia Turkmens and Shabak, who have lived together for centuries in Nineveh province, large parts of which have come under ISIL's control.
See also
- Persecution of Yazidis by ISIL
- Persecution of Christians by ISIL
- Syrian Civil War spillover in Iraq
- Camp Speicher massacre
References
- ^ "Which groups are under threat by ISIS in Iraq? - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ^ Harding, Luke; Irbil, Fazel Hawramy in. "Isis accused of ethnic cleansing as story of Shia prison massacre emerges". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- Cite error: The named reference
amnestyethnicwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - "Iraq crisis: Islamic State accused of ethnic cleansing". BBC News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.