His fight against the Islamic state took the form of a generous rescue operation. A Jewish Moroccan businessman, based in Canada, has decided to save women and children slaves from jihadists. How? By redeeming them.
As reported on the site of the Canadian newspaper “La Presse”, Steve Maman was recently in Iraq to make contacts with intermediaries who allowed him to buy slaves from Daech.
“We started last January, helping to get three Christian families out of Iraq as Daech drew dangerously close to their village, and they have been relocated to Ankara and we are trying to sponsor them to move to Canada as refugees, “says the Moroccan businessman.
According to him, early negotiations resulted in the release of children and young girls, mainly between the ages of 17 and 22. Releases obtained through his personal money. To continue his operation, Steve Maman decided to create an association – “Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq” which is expected to raise, hopefully, $ 9 million.