I suspect many sites that thrive on the creation of satire must truly struggle when it comes to Islam … not because they fear the death threats, but rather because the actual claims made are so bizarre and morally outrageous, that it is almost impossible to distinguish satire and the real belief.
To illustrate what I’m getting at, here now is a video that was posted to YouTube on 25 May by a female Kuwaiti activist and former candidate for Kuwaiti parliament, Salwa al-Mutairi, in which she called for a revival of the Islamic law for sex-slaves. Remember now, she is a progressive, yet even she is quite frankly nuts.
Sorry, its Arabic, but fear not, here is a translation (the bits in bold is my emphases):
Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. My name is Salwa al-Mutairi. I received a message that was a little strange. A merchant told me that he would like to have a sex slave. He said he would not be negligent with her, and that Islam permitted this sort of thing. He was speaking the truth. The topic that he brought up is an old topic. I have been working on it for two years now.
I was working with this man, a young man, who (liked) women a lot. I was sympathetic to his situation, and also dedicated to my work. I was given the opportunity to visit Mecca, and when I did so, I brought up (this man’s) situation to the muftis in Mecca. I told them that I had a question, since they were men who specialized in what was halal, and what was good, and who loved women. I said, “What is the law of sex slaves?”
The mufti said, “With the law of sex slaves, there must be a Muslim nation at war with a Christian nation, or a nation which is not of the religion, not of the religion of Islam. And there must be prisoners of war.”
“Is this forbidden by Islam?,” I asked.
“Absolutely not. Sex slaves are not forbidden by Islam. On the contrary, sex slaves are under a different law than the free woman. The free woman must be completely covered except for her face and hands. But the sex slave can be naked from the waist up. She differs a lot from the free woman. While the free woman requires a marriage contract, the sex slave does not–she only needs to be purchased by her husband, and that’s it. Therefore the sex slave is different than the free woman.”
Of course, I also asked religious experts in Kuwait (about this issue), and they told me about the problem with the passionate man, or even the man who is committed to his religion. For every good man in our religion, the only solution for him–when forbidden women come around, if he’s tempted to sin, then the solution to this issue is for him to purchase sex slaves. I hope that Kuwait will enact the law for this category, this category of people–the sex slaves.
I have also seen a situation in Kuwait, where a woman was abandoned by her family and so forth. She was given a home in Kuwait, where she cooked, and took care of the house, and helped out, and so forth. She was very much in a situation where she was like a slave. It is better to follow the shari’a like this than to go about doing that which is forbidden. Thankfully this house took her in, because her family abandoned her, and failed to shelter her.
I hope that a law will be enacted for this category, and they will open the door for this, just as they have opened the door for servants (to come into the country). They should open the door for sex slaves, by enacting a sound law, so that our children don’t waste away in the abyss of adultery and moral depravity. Allah-willing, this will work out. I believe, look, the (sex slaves could come from) a country like Chechnya, where there is a war between an (Islamic) state and another state. Certainly there are prisoners. These prisoners could be purchased. They could be purchased and sold to the merchants in Kuwait. This is better than (the merchants) committing that which is forbidden. There is nothing wrong with this.
Harun al-Rashid had many more sex slaves than this. When he died he had 2,000 sex slaves. But he only had one wife. This was not forbidden. Our shari’a permits such a thing as this. Praise be to Allah, here in Kuwait there are many merchants who are committed (to Islam). I hope the best for Kuwait, Allah-willing.
OK, so lets see if I have this right …
- Having a sex slave is fine
- This is not just her opinion, it comes directly from Islam central, the muftis in Mecca, and so it is official policy.
- What you believe determines how you are treated. Islamic woman must be covered up, but its OK for non-Islamic woman to be naked from the waist up.
- Buying and selling humans is OK, as long as they are non Islamic believers
- Its quite OK for men to have thousands of sex slaves
- She is calling for a law to be put in place now to quickly establish an organization to bring the sex slaves and take ownership of them
- Her justification for all this is to prevent immorality
And so once again we have a fine example of how truly fucked up religious belief can be. This is so outrageous, so grossly immoral and evil, that there is simply no need for any satire to mock it, it stands by itself as a testimony to its own perverseness.
As a fellow muslim, with due respect, I humbly request you that if you are going to write these kinds of blog(against any religion or anything), please first find the flaws(like you did here).Then don’t stick to only those flaws but search whether the information you’ve gathered is true or not.And also listen or read the explanation about them from who are familiar about them more than you(like muslims about islam).Then please write the blog.Otherwise those will mislead people.Then again, you has to be open-minded to think rationally to accept and (obviously also!) discard the logics given in favour of the information.Otherwise, it is hopeless.Anyways, please go to at least these links and read the explanations.And if you can,then also find reference about the informations both from unfamiliar and (obviously) familiar (like non-muslims and muslims).Then judge what is true.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_views_on_slavery
https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-justify-slavery-and-sex-slaves-in-Islam
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-woman-be-made-a-sex-slave-in-Islam
https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-slavery-prohibited-in-Islam
I think she is just totally into bsdm, gets aroused by domination and simply projects her desires to her whole gender. She is of course Nuts. I will be glad though I they make it a law. It will put things in prospective for bunch of EU self defecating über-liberals:
It reminds me of the few masochistic faggots that were un charge of the Christian religion in its infancy. And as a result 1000 years later we have the gender war and the terrible Victorian heritage. Whatever.
I am more scared by the moderate towelheads than the nut jobs like her.
If this is true ill leave islam. No regrets. Thanks for posting this.
people become muslim for this reason but you are otherwise.
Let those who have this belief become slaves themselves one day to taste the agony. What if your sisters, mothers and relatives become sex slaves. Rape by those they hate. If I am one, I will make sure no more muslim in this world.
Well to be honest she had some of her points wrong. For one Slaves can be muslims it has nothing to do with what their religion is if you buy a slave that is muslim then the slave is muslim. Two the slave doesn’t have to be naked from the waist up Islamic rules state that the slave wears what you wear eats what you eat and is treated well. As for slavery in general the entire world was built on slavery forbiding it is a very new concept that has been brought by the US to be exact. Finally I just want to say that I think it is better for prisoners of war to be sold to people that will feed them and dress them than get raped by soldiers or tortured in a prison or what not. sorry for taking so long but I would like to apologize for the death threats some people think that is the way to defend a religion but it just shows ignorance and if you would like to debate slavery some more I would love to be part of a civilized discussion while we both keep an open mind.
Don’t forget, Islam is based on Judeo-Christian beliefs. The Bible clearly allows sex slavery, as well, as long as the slave is a POW, female & a virgin.
Reference Judges 21:10-24 & Numbers 31:7-18
Apparently, as long as they are prisoners-of-war, it’s ok. So what happened to just directing your energies to your WIFE or into helping the community, painting, writing books, etc.? Sex Slaves? “oh yeah, back in the day they had em..” WTF. If you think this is nuts, what do you think about temporary marriages that can last an hour, just so that people can have sex…?
Publishing stories critical of Islam generates a great deal more hate mail and death threats. I get lots of hate mails and a few death threats from Christians. I get lots of death threats mixed with some hate email from Muslims. The funny things is, I write 100 Christian stories for ever Islamic story, yet I still get more death threats from Muslims.
LOL @ people brainwashed by Islam. What an idiotic cult. Sex slaves are ok but eating bacon is not. Also the gawd needs to be worshiped 5 times a day or youl get punished after death… really muslims.. REALLY?
Why did you translate every word except “god”?