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BLACK CROWS

MUHAMMAD, MESSENGER OF GOD

My sisters in faith,

we chose for you the finest men of faith for marriage.

First is Abu Moussab, the military commander of Muslims.

The one on the Emir's right side?

What matters is that the man has knowledge of science and religion.

I'll tell you what, which one of them is Abu Moussab?

The big, tall man with a beard.

I'm willing to marry Abu Moussab.

Abu Moussab is already married to three women,

and would like to marry a forth.

The other man is Abu Al Dardaa.

He has one wife and would like a second.

He's the operations manager. Well?

Let's rely on God.

I would like to ask you something, sister.

Is the Emir married?

The Emir is dedicated to his job.

He is abstinent. He doesn't even have slaves.

God fulfilled his heart with faith and jihad.

Glory be to God.

-May God forgive me! -Excuse me!

Sister, I meant to ask you about ablution. You seem to be knowledgeable.

-May God accept your prayer. -May God accept yours as well.

May God keep you healthy! May God keep you safe and never take you from me.

May God take you away.

Can't you tell the difference between right and left?

You chose well, Abu Moussab.

May God forgive you for what you've done to me and yourself!

I don't understand what you see in her.

She's not pretty, or nice.

She looks like a little girl. We have too many children already!

Never mind! You're his wife and you should be respected.

-The men have the last word. -Shut up!

May God keep you safe for me and never take you away from me.

May God give you the needed patience to handle your troubles.

Auntie Yasmine. You forgot to unbutton the rest of the buttons.

This is the problem of old people. They can't see well.

I'm an old woman? May God give me the patience to put up with you.

I had willfully kept it till the end.

I'm not going to tell you why.

Later, when you'll grow up you will understand, Aisha.

-Good morning, sweetheart. -Good morning.

Please, honey, don't be mad.

Oh, Ms. Raheel!

It's morning and you are already arguing.

-Be wise, Ms. Raheel. -I'm wiser than most people.

Yes, it's obvious!

Listen to me carefully! There's a fourth one on the way.

Peace be upon you.

I really want to meet Abu Moussab's wife.

Abu Moussab, the military commander.

Behind every great man there's a great woman.

Why are you laughing?

I expected you to speak in classic Arabic. You're speaking with an Egyptian accent.

-I was surprised. -Well, where are you from?

Tunisia.

Well, they're the best. Tunisians are brave just like us.

What brought you here?

God guides whomever he wants.

I came here with my husband. He died as a martyr.

I'm staying till God rewards me by allowing me to be a martyr, too.

Abu Moussab has three wives.

None of them are great.

They lack culture and religion.

They fight all the time. They hate each other.

Goddamn the Deniers!

Goddamn...

Are the Deniers Jews?

No!

-Then they're Christians. -You don't know who the Deniers are?

What age are you living in?

I swear that I don't know!

Tell me, sister! Tell me and I'll understand right away!

The Shia, Iran's agents in the Islamic world who the Zoroastrians' favor.

What about the Jews? They took Al-Quds.

The Deniers are heretics and liars. They're destroying the Islamic world.

-Oh, really? -They're not obvious like the Jews.

They're much more dangerous and we must kill them.

-Don't ever say that again or... -Or what, sister?

God burn them all! Goddamn them by the "Deniers"!

-Goddamn the Deniers! -Okay, sister! Goddamn the Deniers!

Is it correct like that, my sister? Is it done?

I beg you, Abu Moussab!

I beg you!

I'll be your servant till the last day of my life.

I'll give you everything I own. Everything!

I have a lot of money.

I'll give you the gold. The factory.

I beg you, Abu Moussab.

Don't throw me down.

Don't throw me from this height. Shoot me!

Don't throw me from up here.

Abu Dardaa came to you and offered you a partnership, but you refused.

You asked for the Mufti, and he issued a fatwa to kill you.

My sisters in Islam...

yesterday...

the devil seduced one of the group's members.

And she was tempted to escape from here,

to go back to the nations of misguidance and governments of infidelity!

This renegade left you a message.

I would like you to read it.

THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH MOHAMMED IS HIS PROPHET

-How much is this one? -For you, five only.

Thank you.

We advocate righteousness and forbid evil.

And do fear, for Allah, the blame of critics.

My Muslim sisters,

your job today is to make sure women are complying with regulations.

May God reward you.

What are these?

Plates. The set is for 20, just for you!

There are drawings of animals on it. May God almighty forgive us.

-This is forbidden in Islam! -I hope you die!

-I beg you to shut your mouth! -I won't let them take a single plate.

Take these plates.

I swear to God, I would have hit you if you hadn't been my mother's age.

Move away! I swear that I'll smash the head of anyone who takes a plate.

She is a tough woman.

She reminds me of my mother.

My mother gives up her children but never her plates!

-She has to confiscate them. -Yes.

Auntie... I mean Oum Hareth.

She's an old woman! She's old! She'll die soon.

Poor woman, let her make a living from selling the plates.

I won't hold back from forbidding evil.

Take these plates!

Let's draw over the drawings and leave them for her to make a living.

I said, take these plates.

I'll break them all and see them smashed into pieces in front of my eyes!

I won't let you take one plate.

Didn't we forbid you from disobeying God?

Didn't we forbid you from acting like infidels, God damn them?

-May God almighty forgive me! -God take revenge from you!

Leave my sons. How are we supposed to make a living?

-Goddamn you! -Shut up, you immoral person!

Hit him!

There is no power but from God!

Stop.

Why are you standing still like this?

Hit him till he repents.

Move!

There is no mercy for an immoral man.

Otherwise sins will prevail!

-Hit him! -May God punish you!

May God punish you!

Hit him!

There is no power but from God!

Oh, my legs!

There is no power but from God! God is sufficient for me.

Dear God!

Repent, man.

Say, "I repent!"

There is no power but from God!

I swear that they'll keep hitting you till you repent!

Say, "I repent!"

Allah is sufficient for me, and he is the best guardian.

Repent! Whether you like it or not, we came to promote virtue.

Swayer! They killed the woman! They killed the woman!

Shut up! Shut up, Ghadeer!

Don't let anyone hear us! Shut up!

Because of plates! They killed a woman because of plates!

Didn't you hear them?

It's no use being sad.

Didn't you hear them?

It's her destiny!

Shut up! What do we know? We don't know anything!

Look at Oum Hareth. She didn't stop reading the Quran.

Look, some things we take as wrong could be right.

And vice versa. Some things that we take as right could be wrong.

What do we know?

I beg you! I beg you to shut up.

I beg you to shut up!

I beg you!

But...

She disobeyed them.

Right?

How will we erase the drawings?

With the color remover.

Shoot his foot.

The bullets are faster than him. Come on!

Hurry, before he runs away! Come on!

God is the greatest!

Listen to me, lad. Listen.

You still have two hits before you go see your mother.

Shoot accurately. Come on.

Be faster than them.

I shot three times.

Kamar! Let's go. They're going to kill us. Let's go!

I can't!

I can't leave him. You go!

What's wrong with you? You didn't hit anyone!

This way, you won't reach the next level. They won't take you to the trenches.

I was afraid that I would kill him.

That instead of hitting him in the foot, I would hit him in the chest.

That doesn't matter! They're Sabians!

The Mufti said, "Every time you kill one of them,

you put one stone of silver or gold in your house in paradise."

You did well when you asked us not to kill all Yazidis.

Yes.

This way the boys will learn to shoot moving targets.

And they won't be scared of bloodshed.

What matters is that you don't kill anyone before you finish the training.

Take your time till the end.

I told the children to hit the feet only.

Yes.

Be careful.

Be careful of killing the baby birds.

God will ask you about them on Judgment Day.

How many houses in paradise did you build today?

Three!

God bless you! God bless you!

May God reward us all with paradise!

And may God keep us away from hell and its residents.

Tell me what you did.

It has been done, Emir.

We killed Abu Mansour, crucified him, and then we confiscated the factory.

We asked everybody to take good care of his family and children.

God bless you.

Make sure that you give a third of the revenue to the exchequer.

And a third to his family.

And the remaining third should be given to the workers, Abu Dardaa.

God willing, I won't disappoint you, Mufti.

Don't worry! Leave it up to me.

Don't over think these silly things.

We'll see.

Emir, didn't you notice?

The Mufti and Abu Dardaa are at odds over the factory?

Yes.

Isn't it dangerous to us?

No, no.

What's dangerous for us is them being on good terms.

It has been said that if the mouse and cat were ever on good terms...

the grocery shop would be a mess.

Come on! Shoot accurately!

Come on!

Which one is your boyfriend?

No one.

I can get him out of this hell...

if you listen to me carefully.

What do you want?

I'll do whatever you want.

I'm your servant.

What do you want?

Get him out of this hell and I'll give you whatever you want.

If I had wanted you I would have bought you, stupid.

You're nothing but a slave.

My rifle is more expensive than you.

I want another thing.

What do you want?

Put it in the yogurt cup that the Mufti drinks.

You want me to poison him?

They're sleeping pills, stupid! They're sleeping pills.

I have another question.

-Forget about the promise I gave you. -No, no.

Say what you want. Say it! I'll do whatever you want.

When you do it, leave the broom at the door of my bedroom.

Come in.

Clean the room! May God forgive me!

I don't know how I'm asking you to clean when your heart is full of infidelity.

I'm going to the end of the aisle. I'll drink a cup of tea and come back.

Okay, sir.

Don't tell anyone that I'm here.

I'm Malika, Abu Talha's wife.

I'm happy because you are here. I'm tired of sitting here alone.

Do you know when Abu Talha will be back?

-Why are you so quiet? -We're not allowed to talk to you.

Why?

Because we're impure Yazidis, while you're not.

Aren't you hungry? Don't you want to eat?

Don't you want to watch a movie or a play with me?

I am bored, all alone.

This is not the first time you've been in this room.

Have you seen anyone here?

I mean a young girl or a woman.

Or this is your first time?

Don't you know when Abu Talha will be back?

He'll be back when he finishes killing the rest of my tribe.

Thank you, I'm not hungry because I'm already full of this life.

You want to watch a play or an action movie with me?

You can go outside to watch horrors

that will take away the loneliness and boredom from your spoiled heart.