He specified that the “intercourse marriages” last only a few hours “in order to give each fighter a turn.”
Questions have been raised about the accuracy of the following account. The Saudi cleric in question has denied he issued the fatwa.
A prominent Saudi cleric has issued a fatwa(a
religious ordinance) that calls for the gang rape of Syrian women.
Expressing frustration that the “warriors of Islam” fighting in Syria
may be getting weary for the lack of sexual pleasure, the religious
leader issued a decree that promotes hours-long “intercourse marriages.”
The cleric, Muhammed al-Arifi, who is a leading jihadist religious
figure, made it clear that his edict called for the gang rape of Syrian
women and girls. He specified that the “intercourse marriages” last only
a few hours “in order to give each fighter a turn.” As to who is an
eligible bride, the cleric approves any girls or women over the age of 14 who are widowed or divorced. Yes, you read that right. Any girls over the age of 14.
Muhammed al-Arifi has come under fire for advocating for violence against women in the past. A few weeks ago, he was banned from entering Switzerland or participating in the Swiss Central Islamic Council .
Saudi Arabia has been influencing and funding the Syrian revolution for nearly a year now—although this fatwa
is the first explicit time that rape as a tool of war has been proposed
as part of the opposition’s military strategy. Since at least April 2,
2012, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been paying salaries to the Syrian
forces fighting against President Bashar al-Assad and his army. Saudi
Arabia has also been sending weapons, including portable anti-aircraft missiles, to the Free Syrian Army.
The fatwa calling for the gang rape of Syrian girls and
women comes as anger and street protests decrying gang rape of Indian
women intensify. One Indian woman who was beaten and gang raped on a bus
in Mumbai died recently. Another teen victim of gang rape, who was
pressured by the Indian police to marry one of her attackers, recently
committed suicide.
http://www.alternet.org/world/saudi-religious-leader-calls-gang-rape-syrian-women
See exact copy of the article @ Salon.com
Wednesday 2 January 2013
Saudi Religious Leader Calls for Gang Rape of Syrian Women
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Translated by who? MEMRI or Rita Katz?
Debka?
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