Caliphate, the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the death (632 CE) of the Prophet Muhammad.
The reason I starting digging up this word is because of the podcast I am currently into, with the same name.
Some might find it to be such a ignorant issue but I have always found the stories of refugees , crisis of syria and of course the ISIS very intriguing.
I can still remember the voice of the pregnant woman speaking about her health issues and how her pregnancy imposed threat to her life and the people calling her and other woman in the group prostitutes for being pregnant in such dire situation where their life has no direction what so ever.
Rukminu Callimachi whose voice is extremely surreal starts off her journey into this with an ex Jihadist being interviewed by her and her colleague.
They share his stories of being witness to atrocities of ISIS and the reason he fled them when the glamour was toned down to the killing and violence.
Rukmini takes us on a ride for the conflicting statements from him and ultimately the decision to track down and cross examine his facts.
His part shows us a side of the person who are attracted towards this propagandists strategy to recruit people towards their "Nobel" cause of making the whole world as one under Muslims agenda sounds stupid while I sit in my regular commute surrounding thousands of people living in a world where everyone is equal and the concept of slave doesn't exist.
The second part is strictly about the horror that this Caliphate imposes on people of other religious beliefs where they take the under age girls as sex slaves and sell them over and over again to their fighters in the name of earnings.
We see the aftermath of the girls who have been through this hell are left to deal with the dilemma of outside world and the lies they told them over and over again that they feel their destiny is to suffer the pain imposed upon them.
I still remember the moment when Rukmini tries to console a girl who was a survivor that "please don't feel ashamed because you were raped, my mother was too. And it's none of your fault. " It brought chills to my spine as she was giving a strength to a girl who was through all that.
It gives us new hope when we hear stories of the girls who faced these were accepted in their society as holier rather than pelting them with stones for being dishonored by other people.
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I read news about pregnant teens who ran to be a part of this Caliphate and now wanting to come back to their lands to give their children a new hope of life, and I feel angered towards their selfishness.
But we are left to wonder how could some people be so senseless to only push forward their own thoughts and beliefs onto others with violence and abuse to create the so called holy Caliphate.
Their strategic moves and planning for the undefeated position only leaves us shocked with how much more struggle and pain this will cause us, only to make those radicalized individuals understand that free will and good will always prevail again the evil.
A great piece of work by a reporter whos trying to fight them from extreme front line.
