Islamic State extremists have herded hundreds of women to be given to its fighters in Syria as a reward or sold as sex slaves and have summarily executed women in professions, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n
About 500 women and girls of the Yezidi and Christian minority communities were given to Islamic State fighters or trafficked for sale in markets in Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, according to a report published today by the UN mission in Iraq and the world body\u2019s human-rights office in Geneva.<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen and girls are brought with price tags for the buyers to choose and negotiate the sale. The buyers were said to be mostly youth from the local communities,\u201d\u009d according to the 29-page report, which cites testimony from witnesses and surviving victims. \u201cApparently ISIL was \u201d\u02dcselling\u2019 these Yezidi women to the youth as a means of inducing them to join their ranks.\u201d\u009d ISIL is an acronym for Islamic State\u2019s former name.<\/p>\n