The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters are afraid of girls and fear facing female soldiers, believing that they will be prevented to enter heaven if they are killed by a woman.
A militia commander in the Kurdish women’s unit dismissed the the ISIS fighters’ bravery and said “They think they’re fighting in the name of Islam.”
The 21-year-old commander fighting under the nom-de-guerre Tehelden which is Kurdish for ‘revenge’ told CNN’s Ben Wedeman “They believe if someone from Daesh [ISIS] is killed by a girl, a Kurdish girl, they won’t go to heaven. They’re afraid of girls.”
A 20-year-old fighter Efelin who is fighting in Tehelden’s unity said they will not even leave one of the ISIS fighters alive if they tried to attack Al-Houl again.