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Daesh orders Mosul residents to pay USD 21 in Zakat al-Fitr

Tuesday, 21 June 2016 3:26 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 21 June 2016 3:47 PM ]

The file photo shows members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.

The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has forced residents of its stronghold in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to pay thousands of Iraqi dinars in Zakat al-Fitr or donations to the poor at the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television reported on Tuesday that Mosul residents are obliged to pay Daesh IQD 25,000 (USD 21.4) in charity money on Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the fasting month.

Daesh has justified the order by claiming that the price of foodstuffs in the Iraqi city has increased.

Meanwhile, Iraqi sources reported that Daesh militants have hanged a Mufti for his protest at the Zakat al-Fitr amount.

The extremists have also whipped 15 Mosul residents over their refusal to pay the money.

This is while Daesh has set up some centers to collect the Zakat al-Fitr and ordered them to give the sum to Daesh’s so-called Diwan Bayt al-Mal, the financial ministry responsible for budgets and collections.

The northern and western parts of Iraq have been plagued by gruesome violence ever since Daesh elements began their reign of terror in the country in June 2014.

Displaced people, who fled from Mosul because of Daesh violence, gather at a refugee camp in Makhmur, Iraq, June 15, 2016. ©Reuters

Daesh militants have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, such as public decapitations and crucifixions, against all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians, in areas under their control.

Daesh and other Takfiri groups follow an ideology rooted in Wahhabism that is preached by Saudi clerics and is tolerated and even supported by its rulers.

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