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Islamic State guide for female jihadis says women can marry from age nine Islamic State guide for female jihadists says women can marry from age nine
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LONDON -- Girls can marry from the age of nine and most “pure girls” will be married by 16 or 17, according to a lengthy treatise published by female supporters of the Islamic State. LONDON -- Girls can marry from the age of 9, and most “pure girls” will be married by 16 or 17, according to a lengthy treatise published by female supporters of the Islamic State.
Offering new insight into life of women in the Islamic State, a document called “Women of the Islamic State: Manifesto and Case Study” tries to clarify the role of women in the Islamic State. Offering new insight into the life of women in the Islamic State, a document called “Women of the Islamic State: Manifesto and Case Study” tries to clarify the role of women in the radical Islamist militant group.
Written in Arabic, the manifesto was uploaded online last month by the Al-Khanssaa Brigade, an all-female branch of the Islamic State. An English translation was published Thursday by the Quilliam Foundation, a London-based counter-extremism think tank. Written in Arabic, the manifesto was uploaded online last month by the al-Khanssaa Brigade, an all-female branch of the Islamic State. An English translation was published Thursday by the Quilliam Foundation, a London-based counter-extremism think tank.
QUILLIAM EXCLUSIVE: Read our translation & analysis of 10k word Khansaa Brigade manifesto on the role of women in #IS http://t.co/3Xjv3Da4i1 — Quilliam (@QuilliamF) February 5, 2015QUILLIAM EXCLUSIVE: Read our translation & analysis of 10k word Khansaa Brigade manifesto on the role of women in #IS http://t.co/3Xjv3Da4i1 — Quilliam (@QuilliamF) February 5, 2015
QUILLIAM EXCLUSIVE: Read our translation & analysis of 10k word Khansaa Brigade manifesto on the role of women in #IS http://t.co/3Xjv3Da4i1QUILLIAM EXCLUSIVE: Read our translation & analysis of 10k word Khansaa Brigade manifesto on the role of women in #IS http://t.co/3Xjv3Da4i1
— Quilliam (@QuilliamF) February 5, 2015— Quilliam (@QuilliamF) February 5, 2015
“It is considered legitimate for a girl to be married at the age of nine. Most pure girls will be married by sixteen or seventeen, while they are still young and active,” the document said.“It is considered legitimate for a girl to be married at the age of nine. Most pure girls will be married by sixteen or seventeen, while they are still young and active,” the document said.
Girls should be educated from 7 - 15 years old, with the focus on religion, the manifesto reads. Girls are also to be taught sciences, child rearing, cooking, textiles and knitting. Girls should be educated from 7 to 15 years old, with the focus on religion, the manifesto said. Girls are also to be taught sciences, child rearing, cooking, textiles and knitting.
The guide repeatedly criticizes Western society, saying “the model preferred by infidels in the West failed the minute that women were “liberated” from their cell in the house.” The guide repeatedly criticizes Western society, saying that “the model preferred by infidels in the West failed the minute that women were 'liberated' from their cell in the house.”
The Quilliam Foundation said the document was the first of its kind, and that one of its main aims was to convince readers of “a fundamental necessity for women to have a sedentary lifestyle.”The Quilliam Foundation said the document was the first of its kind, and that one of its main aims was to convince readers of “a fundamental necessity for women to have a sedentary lifestyle.”
The translated manifesto landed the same day as a scathing report by a group of British lawmakers who said that U.K. efforts in fighting Islamic State extremists were “strikingly modest.”The translated manifesto landed the same day as a scathing report by a group of British lawmakers who said that U.K. efforts in fighting Islamic State extremists were “strikingly modest.”
In the highly-critical report, Britain’s Defence Select Committee said they were “surprised and deeply concerned that the U.K. is not doing more” to fight extremists in the Islamic State, which they said was the “most dramatic and significant threat to regional stability, and international security, to have emerged in the Middle East in decades.” In the highly critical report, Britain’s Defense Select Committee said it was “surprised and deeply concerned that the U.K. is not doing more” to fight extremists in the Islamic State, a group it said was the “most dramatic and significant threat to regional stability, and international security, to have emerged in the Middle East in decades.”
Since last September when the British government voted in favor of military air strikes in Iraq, the U.K. has carried out 6 percent of coalition airstrikes. It has also provided weapons to Kurdish forces fighting in northern Iraq. Since last September when the British government voted in favor of military airstrikes in Iraq, Britain has carried out 6 percent of coalition airstrikes. It has also provided weapons to Kurdish forces fighting in northern Iraq against Islamic State militants.
The committee said that even without deploying combat troops -- for which there is very little public appetite in London -- the U.K. could be doing much more strategically and tactically to fight extremists and to help find a political solution. The committee said that even without deploying combat troops -- for which there is very little public appetite in London -- Britain could be doing much more strategically and tactically to fight extremists and to help find a political solution.
“Such activities would require only the deployment of a few hundred personnel, the cost would be relatively modest, and it would not entail the risks inherent in deploying to U.K. troops in combat roles,” the report said. “Such activities would require only the deployment of a few hundred personnel, the cost would be relatively modest, and it would not entail the risks inherent in deploying U.K. troops in combat roles,” the report said.
Click to watch Chair and others talking about the Committee's report on Iraq and Syria published today http://t.co/vVhjv1SW2E — Defence Committee (@CommonsDefence) February 5, 2015Click to watch Chair and others talking about the Committee's report on Iraq and Syria published today http://t.co/vVhjv1SW2E — Defence Committee (@CommonsDefence) February 5, 2015
Click to watch Chair and others talking about the Committee's report on Iraq and Syria published today http://t.co/vVhjv1SW2EClick to watch Chair and others talking about the Committee's report on Iraq and Syria published today http://t.co/vVhjv1SW2E
— Defence Committee (@CommonsDefence) February 5, 2015— Defence Committee (@CommonsDefence) February 5, 2015