ICC Note:

Ayul Aguer’s tells her story of enslavement to radical and abusive Islamic captors. Forced to practice Islamic ritual and mentally, emotionally, physically, and sexually abused, Aguer was finally able to escape her desperate situation after enduring 19 years of daily suffering. A story not uncommon to woman throughout Africa, Aguer’s story sheds light on the plight of Christian woman taken captive and tortured for their faith. But more than anything, it shows the dedication Aguer and other Christians like her often exhibit in the face of their immense persecution, a dedication that should serve to encourage us all to bear our cross every day.

05/03/2014 Sudan (God Reports) – She was kidnapped in South Sudan before she was even a teenager and forced by her Muslim captor to the North. Subjected to beatings, forced genital mutilation, and commanded to “pray like a Muslim,” she found liberation after 19 painful years.

“I was captured in 1994 in Gok Machar.  I was still young, not yet a teenager.  Six of us were captured.  Three of us refused to go to the North.  They were killed.  My hands were tied to a horse to pull me along.  We walked all day without rest, and we weren’t treated when we were sick,” Ayul Aguer told those who worked for her release at Christian Solidarity International (CSI).

After they arrived at their destination, her new master – a man named Mohammad Jamos, sold two of the remaining three victims, so only Ayul remained as his servant.

“He did not treat me well,” she recounts.  “He beat me all the time, as much as ten times a day.  He forced me to work, grinding grain, fetching water, cooking, and washing clothes,” according to her interview with CSI.

One day Mohammad sent her to the market for provisions, but a tragic incident happened.  “Some Arab boys raped me on the way, and knifed my finger, upper arm and upper thigh.”

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