Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq

Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times - Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Islamic State has made clear its justification for the rape and enslavement of non-Muslim women and children with a color-printed pamphlet “Question and Answers on Female Slaves and their Freedom,” being distributed in Mosul.
Armed men handed out the pamphlet in the militant occupied Iraqi city on Friday after sunset prayers, several residents toldCNN on Saturday.
The document explains the terrorist group’s policy on having sexual intercourse with female slaves — even those who haven’t reached puberty — citing the Koran for justification.

If she was a virgin, he (the owner) can have intercourse with her immediately after the ownership is fulfilled,” the pamphlet explains, CNNreported. “If she was not a virgin, her uterus must be purified (wait for her period to be sure she is not pregnant.)”

The guide lays out other rules as well. For example, two men who co-own a slave can’t both have sex with her and a man can’t have sex with his wife’s slave.

Regarding children: “It is permissible to have intercourse with the female slave who hasn’t reached puberty if she is fit for intercourse,” The Islamic State rules said. “However, if she is not fit for intercourse, he (the owner) can only enjoy her without intercourse.”

But the Q&A makes is clear that the captors have complete control of their captives.

“It is permissible to buy, sell or give as a gift female captives and slaves, for they are merely property,” the pamphlet reads.
However, a female slave can buy her freedom. The document also says that someone who has committed an act like unintentional murder or perjury can free a slave to be forgiven of his sin. But fasting for two consecutive months or feeding hungry people will serves the same purpose.

But a slave that runs away from their master is identified as committing one of “the gravest of sins.”

A captive mother cannot be separated from her young children and a pregnant slave cannot be sold, according to the guidelines. Beating a female slave for discipline is allowed, but beating her for pleasure as a form of torture is not, CNN reported.

The pamphlet is the most detailed justification for enslaving nonbelievers, as identified by The Islamic State and the group continues to cite the Koran and Sharia law for the rules.

Abbas Barzegar, a professor of religious studies at Georgia State University, told CNN that the militant group was drawing the rules from ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean codes of conduct for war and prisoners.

“Muslim leaders and lay practitioners the world over continue to condemn ISIS and find its alien interpretation of Islam grotesque and abhorrent,” Mr. Barzegar said, CNN reported. “Unfortunately, in the context of failed states and civil wars most sane voices are often the most drowned out.”

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Five Myths About the So Called 'Republican War on Women'

Democrats can’t run on their record, so they are lobbing false claims on against the GOP to win the female vote..


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By Mary Kate Cary
Aug. 29, 2012 | 3:45 p.m. EDT

In the 2010 midterm elections, the gender gap disappeared for the first time since the Reagan era. More Republican women were elected to the House than ever before, and four out of six current female governors are Republicans. In 2010, Republicans won the women's vote over Democrats by 49 percent to 48 percent, exit polls showed. Ever since, the Democratic political strategy has been to make female voters, who comprise more than half the electorate, their No. 1 target. The stakes are high: Democrats can't afford to lose the women's vote again if they expect to keep the White House and the Senate. This fall, Republicans need to pick up only four seats to take control of the Senate.

The problem for Democrats is they can't run on their record: The poverty rate among women is now the highest it's been in nearly two decades; 5.2 million women are unemployed. According to the National Women's Law Center, of the 2.7 million jobs created since 2009, only 567,000 have gone to women.


That explains why the Democrats jumped so quickly when the Republican nominee for the Senate from Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin, made offensive remarks about rape.

And while Republicans across the board called for Akin to withdraw from the race, Democrats were moving even faster. Liberal pundits on cable television were gleeful as the controversial clip played over and over. President Obama, trying to keep a straight face, held his first press conference in months in order to express his outrage. The "Republican war on women" was back on.

Not so fast. Let's take a look at five myths the left is selling about Republicans and women. If Tim Pawlenty can call Obama's policies "all foam and no beer," we might say that the so-called war on women is all dressing and no salad. All toast and no chicken salad. All frosting and no cupcake. You get the idea. Here's what they're saying:


If you are pro-life, you are anti-woman. The left's premise is that men like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan who are pro-life are anti-woman. But that doesn't account for the fact that more women are pro-life than pro-choice, according to Gallup. It makes no sense to claim that women who are Catholics, Christian evangelicals, Hispanic, or African-American, for example—many of whom consider themselves pro-life—are all opposed to women's rights. The left also doesn't take into account that the majority of Americans, from both genders, are pro-life. Gallup also reports that for the first time this year, 51 percent of Americans find abortion "morally wrong," with 38 percent finding it "morally acceptable." The number of Americans who identify themselves as "pro-choice" is at a record low, and a majority now call themselves "pro-life," with the biggest change coming among independents. Most Americans are pro-life, and I'd bet very few consider themselves "anti-woman."

Republicans believe that men should control women's bodies. "We shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making healthcare decisions on behalf of women," Obama said at his war-on-women press conference. Agreed. Yet under his Affordable Care Act, 15 unelected members of the Independent Payment Advisory Board will now decide which medical treatments will get federal funding, decisions that could affect millions of women. And don't forget that his individual mandate tells women which kind of health coverage they can buy. Contrast that with Ryan's Medicare premium support plan, which would give women a choice of Medicare or private insurance.

Republicans want to take contraception away from women. Nobody is arguing that women should be denied access to contraception. The question is whether it should be provided free, should be paid for by taxpayers, and should be mandated for religious employers who find it a violation of their beliefs. It wasn't Republicans who ordered this change; it was the president's administration. Since that decision, polls have shown that the majority of Americans disagree with his stance and believe there should be the sort of religious exemption there has been in the past.

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