Women in Mozambique are at risk of abduction.
The jihadists abducted the girls in large groups and immediately started indoctrinating them. According to the OMR, “converted Christians” are either used in military missions or marry an insurgent. Those who refuse to convert, as well as being forced into slavery, are also at risk of being trafÀcked. 89 Aana explained that the indoctrination began as soon as she was taken hostage, stating: “The day we arrived they did a reading from the Qur’an , they brought up the whole issue of injustice in the country, of social abuse, of corruption…” “One of the things that they said the most was that democracy was demonic, because in Mozambique it allowed the politicians to steal and the people to continue to starve and die without any kind of care.
And they indoctrinated those women so that they would end up accepting their proposal.” 90
After a while, the pressure eventually leads to the girls “changing sides.” She explained: “One lady said: ‘After a week you get used to it. You cry, you don’t eat for a while. But then you found out there is no way out.’ They begin to come to terms with reality and begin to change sides. And some very young wives of these people, they start to think that this is true.” 91 Speaking of the treatment of one of the other girls, she said: “I believe it was a rape situation, because when she told us about it she cried a lot.” 92
Aana is no longer in captivity.
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