Boko Haram is not acting in an “extremist” manner in this. The seizure of Infidel girls and their use as sex slaves is sanctioned in the Qur’an. According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful for you your wives to whom you have paid their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses of those whom Allah has given you as spoils of war” (33:50). 4:3 and 4:24 extend this privilege to Muslim men in general. The Qur’an says that a man may have sex with his wives and with these slave girls: “The believers must win through, those who humble themselves in their prayers; who avoid vain talk; who are active in deeds of charity; who abstain from sex, except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or the captives whom their right hands possess, for in their case they are free from blame.” (Qur’an 23:1-6)
The rape of captive women is also sanctioned in Islamic tradition:
Abu Sirma said to Abu Sa’id al Khadri (Allah he pleased with him): 0 Abu Sa’id, did you hear Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) mentioning al-’azl? He said: Yes, and added: We went out with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) on the expedition to the Bi’l-Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired them, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them. So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing ‘azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid conception). But we said: We are doing an act whereas Allah’s Messenger is amongst us; why not ask him? So we asked Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him), and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born. (Sahih Muslim 3371)
It is also in Islamic law: “When a child or a woman is taken captive, they become slaves by the fact of capture, and the woman’s previous marriage is immediately annulled.” (Umdat al-Salik O9.13)
The Egyptian Sheikh Abu-Ishaq al-Huwayni declared in May 2011 that “we are in the era of jihad,” and that meant Muslims would take slaves. In a subsequent interview he elaborated:
Jihad is only between Muslims and infidels. Spoils, slaves, and prisoners are only to be taken in war between Muslims and infidels. Muslims in the past conquered, invaded, and took over countries. This is agreed to by all scholars—there is no disagreement on this from any of them, from the smallest to the largest, on the issue of taking spoils and prisoners. The prisoners and spoils are distributed among the fighters, which includes men, women, children, wealth, and so on.
When a slave market is erected, which is a market in which are sold slaves and sex-slaves, which are called in the Qur’an by the name milk al-yamin, “that which your right hands possess” [Koran 4:24]. This is a verse from the Qur’an which is still in force, and has not been abrogated. The milk al-yamin are the sex-slaves. You go to the market, look at the sex-slave, and buy her. She becomes like your wife, (but) she doesn’t need a (marriage) contract or a divorce like a free woman, nor does she need a wali. All scholars agree on this point—there is no disagreement from any of them. […] When I want a sex slave, I just go to the market and choose the woman I like and purchase her.
Around the same time, on May 25, 2011, a female Kuwaiti politician, Salwa al-Mutairi, also spoke out in favor of the Islamic practice of sexual slavery of non-Muslim women, emphasizing that the practice accorded with Islamic law and the parameters of Islamic morality.
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. 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.”
In January 2016, a female al-Azhar professor stated that Allah allowed Muslims to rape non-Muslim women in order to humiliate them.
The savage exploitation of girls and young women is, unfortunately, a cross-cultural phenomenon, but only in Islamic law does it carry divine sanction. And that sanction must be discussed if anything effective is ever going to be done to end this abuse.
“Christian Schoolgirl Entering Third Year in Captivity,” International Christian Concern, February 9, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
2/9/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern)- On February 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm, Boko Haram kidnapped 110 schoolgirls from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College located in northeast Nigeria. After a month of negotiations between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram, 104 out of the 105 girls left alive were released from captivity and returned home to their families.To this day, only one girl remains.
The jihadist militant terrorist group Book [sic] Haram kept 14 year old Leah Sharibu due to her refusal to deny Christ and convert to Islam. For the past three years she has been held hostage and deemed a “slave for life” by her captors. The last time Leah was heard from was through a video recording released in August of 2018.
“I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my current situation,” she said….
As the third anniversary of her kidnapping approaches, the LEAH Foundation has launched a campaign titled “7 days of prayer”, where each of the days leading up to the 19th has been given a special prayer request. The organization will also be streaming live on the 19th in a webinar titled “Speak-Up: 3 hours for 3 years”. Through these events the Leah foundation hopes to bring international attention to Leah’s story, and shed light on Christian persecution in Nigeria, the most violent place in the world to be a believer.
For more information on the Leah Foundation’s upcoming campaign, please visit: https://www.leah-foundation.org/7-days
Chrissie01 says
“…who abstain from sex, except with those (plural!) joined to them in the marriage bond, or the captives (plural again!) whom their right hands possess..”
Muslim men must really sacrifice to limit themselves to these few…
a verse of utter noble chastity!
gravenimage says
I’m sure this poor girl is being regularly gang raped by her Jihad captors.
john smith says
I’m sure she is Gravenimage, islam can turn people in to monsters as you are well aware.
gravenimage says
Yes–horrifying.
Sylvia Drummond says
My hatred of these men can not be dissipated by prayer.
Andrew says
muslim men can be described in one single word… COWARDS…Goats are treated better than their own Mothers.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Christian who refused to convert to Islam enters 3rd year of captivity, captors call her ‘slave for life’
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Horrifying. Will the Nigerian authorities ever free Leah Sharibu? I sadly wouldn’t count on it…
Aastra says
west cant give them refugee. if any non western country does it. that country would be branded as fascist and anti christian by west.
gravenimage says
The West *has* given asylum to Christian victims of Islam–such as Canada with Asia Bibi and her family. The West definitely needs to do more of this, of course.
But Aastra’s only real purpose here appears to be castigating Christians and other ‘filthy Infidels’.
Relic says
no one gets left behind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hezQofamyUY
Henry Schalk says
The faith, courage and stoicism of this young girl should shame many of our so called ‘Christian ‘leaders’.
gravenimage says
I agree, Henry. She is incredibly brave.
Brenrod says
Where is the pope?
James Lincoln says
Brenrod,
Probably trying to convince infidels that this behavior does not reflect “true” islam…
peter says
Where is the rest of the world . Where are the human right activists and the left wing liberals. This bath room deal between Islamists and left wing liberals is most distressing and shameful . I hate Islam and the left who collude with them !