WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Yazidi woman who survived the massacre of her family and sexual enslavement by Islamic State jihadists told a Senate panel that the terrorist group’s ideology motivated the recent massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, predicting that “there will be more.”
Meanwhile, a U.S. refugee who fled antigay persecution in Syria pointed out that ISIS’ brutal and lethal punishments against gays are mirrored by other groups in the Muslim-majority Middle East, including governments.