Sexual jihad
Sexual jihad (
Publicity first arose in 2013, and the veracity of the practice became the subject of a greater debate in September 2013 after the Interior Minister of the 98.45% Muslim nation of Tunisia made a public statement identifying it as a significant issue.[3][4][5] Critics dismissed claims of "sexual jihad" as unfounded and political propaganda.[6]
Reports and allegations
The term originated from an alleged
Other allegations of this practice stem from the Tunisian government propaganda in its war effort against
In July 2013, on a Facebook page claiming to be connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, a commentator promoted "sexual jihad". The page has been deemed a "hoax," and a senior Muslim Brotherhood supporter called the page a "smear campaign".[11][12]
On 19 September 2013, Lofti bin Jeddou, the Interior Minister of Tunisia, stated in the National Constituent Assembly that Tunisian women traveling to Syria for "sex jihad" were having sex with 20, 30 and even up to 100 rebels, and that some of the women had returned home pregnant.[13] On 6 October 2013, a Tunisian official downplayed this prior claim, saying at most 15 Tunisian women traveled to Syria, though some were forced to have sex with several Islamist militants.[14]
Tunisian TV station
According to the British
In December 2014, the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights announced that one member of ISIL had killed at least 150 females in
In August 2015, a Kurdistan Democratic Party spokesperson claimed that ISIL had executed 19 women who refused to participate in "sexual jihad".[22]
Skepticism
In September 2013,
References
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- ^ Rayman, Noah (20 September 2013). "Tunisian women go on 'sex jihad' to Syria, minister says". Time. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Salama, Vivian (25 September 2013). "Are Arab Women Flocking To Syria For 'Sex Jihad'?". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Sex Jihad raging in Syria, claims minister". The Daily Telegraph. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ Chernitsky, B.; Goldberg, R. (1 February 2014). "Tunisian Daily Al-Shurouq's Campaign Against 'Sexual Jihad'". MEMRI.
- ^ a b c d "Tunisia's 'sexual jihad' - extremist fatwa or propaganda?". BBC News. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ "شيخ سعودي يدعو العراقيات إلى جهاد.... المناكحة" [A Saudi sheikh calls on Iraqi women to wage jihad]. Al Chourouk (in Arabic). 23 May 2013.
- ^ العريفي: فتوى "جهاد النكاح" في سوريا افتراء ولا تصدر عن عاقل | العالم العربي | أنباء موسكو [Al-Arifi: The fatwa of "Marriage Jihad" in Syria is fabrication and is not issued by a sane person]. Anba Moscow (in Arabic). 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ al-Jalassi, Mohammad Yassin (28 March 2013). "Tunisians Raise Alarm on Possible Fatwa Encouraging 'Sexual Jihad'". Al-Monitor.
- ^ "Mufti: serving Syrian terrorists sexually is haram". El Alam. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013.
- ^ Sridharan, Vasudevan (13 July 2013). "Egypt: Is 'Sexual Jihad' Claim Part of Anti-Morsi Black Propaganda Campaign?". International Business Times. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Pro-Mursi protesters are awaiting signal for 'sexual Jihad': report". Al Arabiya. 13 July 2013.
- ^ Nelson, Sara C. (20 September 2013). "Sexual Jihad Sees Tunisian Women Return From Syria Pregnant By Rebels, Says Minister". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Official: few Tunisian women waging Syria 'sex jihad'". Al Arabiya. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "فتضاح قصة تونسي زعم "الجهاد" في سوريا" [The story of a Tunisian who claimed "jihad" in Syria becomes clear]. Al Arabiya.net (in Arabic). 18 March 2014.
- ^ White, Stephen (22 June 2014). "ISIS fighters tells families "hand over your daughters for sex" after orders from cleric's fatwa". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Shi-Ian, Lee (27 August 2014). "Malaysian women join Middle East jihadists as 'comfort women', reveals intelligence report". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ Ali, Isra Muhammad (18 June 2014). "إعلامي كويتي: «داعش» يطالب أهالي الموصل بتقديم غير المتزوجات لـ«جهاد النكاح" [Kuwaiti journalist: Daesh calls on the people of Mosul to submit unmarried women to "marriage jihad"]. Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic).
- ^ "ISIS Just Executed More Than 150 Women In Fallujah". NOW Lebanon. 17 December 2014 – via Business Insider.
- ^ "Iraq: 150 women executed after refusing to marry ISIL militants". Turkish Press. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Photo of 'women murdered for refusing sex jihad' is fake". France 24. 18 December 2014.
- ^ Withnall, Adam (6 August 2015). "Isis executes 19 women in Mosul 'for refusing to take part in sexual jihad'". The Independent. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ Kenner, David (26 September 2013). "Are Young Women Really Racing to Syria's Front Lines to Wage Sex Jihad?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Reuter, Christoph (7 October 2013). "'Sex Jihad' and Other Lies: Assad's Elaborate Disinformation Campaign". Der Spiegel.
- ^ Zawati, Hilmi M. (16 February 2016). "Sectarian War in Syria Introduced New Gender-Based Crimes". The Huffington Post.
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