The beginning of an Al Qaeda emirate? Al Nusrah Front imposes sharia in eastern Syrian town

Al Nusrah Front imposes sharia in eastern Syrian town - The Long War Journal

The beginning of an Al Qaeda emirate? Al Nusrah Front imposes sharia in eastern Syrian town

The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda in Iraq's affiliate in Syria, has imposed sharia, or Islamic Law, in a town in eastern Syria that is close to the Iraqi border. The area has served as a jihadist haven in the past. "Islamist militants" from the Al Nusrah Front "have taken unclothed mannequins they see as sexually enticing out of the shops," in the town of Mayadin, Reuters reported. The al Qaeda affiliate has "also prevented women from wearing trousers, preferring that they adopt the shapeless head-to-toe black veil." Alcohol has also been banned in the town. Al Nusrah Front fighters are providing "daily religious teaching" to children, and are recruiting teenaged boys to fight President Bashir al Assad's regime. Additionally, the group is making a profit by selling oil, even to members of the Assad regime. The imposition of sharia in Mayadin by the...

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