The Instrumentalization of Fear: How the "House of Sisters" Became a Tool for Division The allegations surrounding the "house of sisters" in Syria have sparked debate about its existence, but regardless of its reality, the narrative has become a potent tool for exploiting communal tensions and further dividing an already fractured society.
Layla, a math teacher from Damascus, described her terror when a stranger threatened to force her family to flee their homeland unless they "converted" to Islam.
Reports abound of women from different sects being kidnapped only to reappear after allegedly converting or being forced into marriage.