Published : 14-02-2017
ISIS militias in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, in southern Damascus, arrested a newly-married couple on allegations of tying the knot outside the ISIS-run shariah court.
Eye-witnesses said the marriage contract was struck according to conventional customs and in the presence of a lawyer and two witnesses.
The groom was reportedly flogged 18 times and subjected to imprisonment while the bride had her hair shaved entirely after she was flogged.
Sources inside Yarmouk said recently ISIS has invalidated several marriage agreements held in the shariah courts operating in the southern Damascus towns of Yalda, Babilla, and Beit Sahem.
Those who strike a marriage deal at a government court are systematically charged with apostasy.
According to the same sources, Yarmouk brides-to-be and grooms-to-be rarely show up at such courts.
Residents of Yarmouk Camp have often launched cries for help over the crackdowns and oppressive policies pursued by ISIS militants ever since they grabbed hold of the shelter in April 2015.
ISIS militias in Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, in southern Damascus, arrested a newly-married couple on allegations of tying the knot outside the ISIS-run shariah court.
Eye-witnesses said the marriage contract was struck according to conventional customs and in the presence of a lawyer and two witnesses.
The groom was reportedly flogged 18 times and subjected to imprisonment while the bride had her hair shaved entirely after she was flogged.
Sources inside Yarmouk said recently ISIS has invalidated several marriage agreements held in the shariah courts operating in the southern Damascus towns of Yalda, Babilla, and Beit Sahem.
Those who strike a marriage deal at a government court are systematically charged with apostasy.
According to the same sources, Yarmouk brides-to-be and grooms-to-be rarely show up at such courts.
Residents of Yarmouk Camp have often launched cries for help over the crackdowns and oppressive policies pursued by ISIS militants ever since they grabbed hold of the shelter in April 2015.
