The Paris criminal court heard the harrowing reality of the enslavement of a people in the name of religion. Rarely has a terrorism trial gone so far in exposing the atrocities perpetrated by jihadists.

Sabri Essid is being tried in absentia, charged with 'genocide,' a first in France. Two women from the Iraqi minority will testify, recounting how they were enslaved.

PARIS: A French militant went on trial on Monday in Paris on charges of genocide, the first case in France to tackle atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority during the…