Many sex slaves

Ex-IS leader said to have been “obsessed with women”

The former leader of the terrorist organization "Islamic State", Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and other IS leaders were "obsessed with women", according to one of his wives. The "caliphate" had been transformed into a state for women, said Asma Mohammed, the ex-leader's first wife, in an interview with the Arabic television station Al-Hadath on Thursday evening.

Al-Baghdadi and his organization were guided by a lust "that went beyond the limits of humanity". Al-Baghdadi had kept more than ten Yazidi women as slaves.

Youngest bride was only 13 years old
He also married a girl from Iraq who was only 13 years old. The former IS leader had daughters of the same age. Foreign women are also said to have played an important role in the recruitment of fighters, according to Mohammed.

US-American woman also among the slaves
According to her statements, the US aid worker Kayla Mueller was also one of al-Baghdadi's slaves. Mueller was kidnapped by IS in 2013 and died in captivity. Mohammed went on to say that she had criticized her husband for his treatment of women and for keeping female slaves.

Baghdadi killed in Syria in 2019
In the summer of 2014, al-Baghdadi had declared a "caliphate" as the leader of IS in large areas of Iraq and neighboring civil war-torn Syria. The terrorist organization controlled the areas for years. In August 2014, IS attacked the Sindshar region in Iraq and captured thousands of Yazidi women to turn them into sex slaves for the jihadists. The extremists have since lost their territory again. However, IS cells are still active in both countries. Al-Baghdadi was killed in Syria in the fall of 2019. Asma Mohammed had been married to al-Baghdadi since 1999. She is currently in prison in Iraq.