Posted on 10/10/2004 10:28:05 AM PDT by dennisw
A "brides for jihad" campaign has been launched by Islamic militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, intimidating local families into offering their daughters to foreign fighters waging war on America and its allies.
A fundamentalist group, the Islamic Council of Mosul, has written letters to residents in western parts of the city, which is near the Syrian border, demanding that the name of every girl is put on a list. The register is held at the Al-Mahmood mosque whose imam, Zinad al-Jaburi, boasts that he has married off three of his daughters to Syrian terrorists.
"These people are heroes they have come to Iraq and want to make their new home here," he said. "Marrying local women ties them to us and our families."
According to local residents, Mr al-Jaburi has threatened his followers with death if they do not respond to the letters distributed at his mosque, which place a religious obligation on recipients. "Join your daughters to our Syrian brothers who have come to help Iraq," they read. "Allah says you must marry your daughters to good men.
"We ask each honest father that lives in Mosul city to support the project in order to be a real Muslim and achieve the glory of the holy Koran."
The first Syrian man to be married at the mosque was killed soon after during an ambush on American troops.
Shihab Rifaie, who was purportedly in Mosul dealing in imported second hand cars, married an 18-year-old called Sara whose father had put her name on the mosque list.
Her family refused to talk about their late son-in-law but a neighbour, Yunis Lilou, said: "I am too astonished for words that these people would make their daughters marry a suicide terrorist. We must control the situation and destroy this movement."
Local police say they are aware of the forced marriages but are unable to tackle the problem because of the culture of fear perpetuated by the foreign jihadists.
Families have been torn apart over the marriages, with fatal consequences. At the end of last month, a 24-year-old local man, Ayad Mazher, killed a young Syrian fighter who had won the agreement of his father to marry his sister, Sarhan.
• The 12-member council that runs Fallujah voted last week to expel foreign fighters from the city, believed to be the base for Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose group beheaded Kenneth Bigley on Thursday.
tell em sure come on over and get her then shoot their a$$ when they show up...
FMCDH(BITS)
I guess the promise of the 72 virgins in paradice is not enough to satisfy their earthly man-needs...
"Religion of Peace" and "Michael Moore Minutemen" ALERT.
It's time for the local police to start putting a "culture of fear" in the hearts of the terrorists -- if the police are men enough.
So now they even prostitute their own daughters to terrorists. What a really pleasant religion.
---tell em sure come on over and get her then shoot their a$$ when they show up...---
I like you're thinking!
Savages.
That's all I can say.
Savages.
At the end of last month, a 24-year-old local man, Ayad Mazher, killed a young Syrian fighter who had won the agreement of his father to marry his sister, Sarhan.
I can't help but wonder how Sarhan felt about it. But either way, good job, Ayad.
Correction:
(Brides for Jihad) Militants force hairy legged sand monkeys to wed foreign fighters
Pity...
Real purpose: women and, in due course, children for the terrorists to hide behind.
They are terrorizing these families. In other words, either you offer your daughter for marriage, or we kill your entire family. You can't even imagine how intimidated these people are. You've heard of the beheadings of westerners, but the beheading and torture of Iraqis has been going on for a very long time.
Apparently the foreign fighters can't wait for the 72 virgins.
I understand that, but it is still young girls being prostituted in the name of Allah. It doesn't matter who is doing it, it is being done.
They are terrorizing these families. In other words, either you offer your daughter for marriage, or we kill your entire family...........
That's exactly what's going on. What barbarism.
No wonder we keep bombing so many "wedding parties"!
Well, is it then any wonder that one frequently hears of "a wedding party" hit by a Hellfire? Fitting name for a missile, I'd say.
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