The Daily Mail, as witless and willfully ignorant as ever, demonstrates no curiosity whatsoever regarding why Yago Riedijk won’t condemn beheading or sex slavery. It presents his refusal simply as evidence of what a scoundrel he is. The Mail wouldn’t dare, of course, inform its readers about why Riedijk won’t condemn these things: because of Islam.
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4). How can Riedijk condemn the Qur’an?
The Qur’an also teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). Again, how can Riedijk be expected to denounce the Qur’an?
“EXCLUSIVE: Shamima Begum’s jihadi husband refuses to condemn beheadings or the use of sex slaves and says he still hopes to see a ‘caliphate’ as he describes the couple’s ‘beautiful’ former life under ISIS,” by Lauren Lewis, MailOnline, November 9, 2021:
Shamima Begum’s jihadi husband has refused to condemn ISIS beheadings or the use of sex slaves and said he still hopes to see a caliphate established.
Speaking in an interview from Kurdish-run al-Roj prison in northern Syria, Yago Riedijk, 29, described the couple’s ‘beautiful’ former life under the extremist group.
He said ISIS-claimed attacks on the West were not ‘Islamicly responsible’ because they involved killing innocent people which is ‘prohibited in Islam’ but refused to condemn the group’s violence against Yazidis, who were sold as sex slaves, and other Muslims.
Riedijk also stayed silent on ISIS beheadings, saying only ‘I can’t really comment’ when pushed to condemn the extremist group’s brutal punishments.
The 29-year-old later said he did not believe ISIS was finished and said he still hoped to see a caliphate which adheres to ‘Islamic traditions’ established….
The Dutch extremist married Begum days after she arrived in Syria from East London, aged 15, in 2015 and the couple had three children together, all of whom have died.
Begum is being held in Kurdish-run refugee camp al-Roj in northern Syrian amid an ongoing battle to return to the UK after she was stripped of her citizenship in February 2019.
Riedijk is being held in al-Roj detention centre. He was convicted in a Netherlands court in 2018 for joining the extremist group and will face a six-year jail term if he ever tries to return to Europe.
Speaking to Alan Duncan, a former Scots soldier who is making a documentary on ISIS, Riedijk said he did not agree with ISIS-claimed terror attacks on Germany, France and the UK because they involved killing ‘innocent people’.
‘Personally, I don’t agree with these attacks for a couple of reasons. The prohibition of killing innocent people in Islam, women and children.
‘I see these attacks as not being Islamicly responsible [sic],’ he said.
However, questioned about attacks on other Muslims and Yazidis – who were sold to ISIS fighters as sex slaves – Riedijk shook his head and said ‘no comment’….
Riedijk also revealed he discussed marriage directly with Begum when she arrived in Syria in 2015 and agreed on conditions before they tied the knot….
He said Begum asked for a dowry of an English translation of the Quran, which he agreed to….
Riedijk also refused to comment much on how Begum viewed ISIS’s beheadings and punishments. But he described seeing corpses left on the street as an example as ‘not a pleasant picture’, but refused to condemn the act as wrong.
‘I can’t really comment’, he said.
He went on to describe death as part of daily life, blaming coalition bombing for the killing of innocent Muslims.
Asked if ISIS was finished, Riedijk said ‘no’, later adding when questioned that he would like to see a caliphate which adheres to ‘Islamic traditions’ established….
Ecosse1314 says
Ummmm…very interesting. Hmmmm SCUM
mortimer says
No, not ‘scum’ … he is a PERFECTLY compliant and PERFECTLY observant Muslim who is imitating his role model Mohammed. Mohammed used sex slaves for his pleasure.
Yago Riedijk sees us as ‘scum’ (deserving death at his swordpoint) because we disagree with Mohammed’s example as a slave-master and slave-rapist. The Koran says he is an ‘EXCELLENT’ example for humanity! So all his conducts should be emulated!
Yago Riedijk cannot condemn sex slavery without condemning Mohammed.
gravenimage says
We don’t have to agree with this vicious Jihadist’s moral views, Mortimer.
Mike says
The most Islamic are the converts . Pierre Vogel and sven Lau : https://0-rp–online-de-0.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/rp-online.de/imgs/32/1/6/4/2/3/0/9/5/tok_b788fb41df4e4900ada4b659f3aa0dbe/w940_h528_x470_y264_ff6e33bd15128202.jpg
Dhimmi says
it is unquestionable that Islam attracts idiots, see his face and the faces of the people who make up the population of middle eastern countries islamificated and arabificated after year 600 during the real islamic state conquest
Dhimmi says
islam atracts idiots like this and has always been atracting this sort of people
PMK says
So an ISIS fighter who talks about his ‘beautiful former life under ISIS’ won’t condemn ISIS’ beheadings and use of sex slaves? How does this paint the Daily Mail as witless and willfully ignorant? The only justification for such a slant is if the Mail is championing this man’s release from the prison where he is being held.
This is a news story, not an editorial. His views weren’t hidden. Whatever we may think of him, he said that ISIS isn’t finished and that he wants to see a caliphate established.
So long as he and his wife remain in or near Syria and are not allowed to enter Great Britain and are not given asylum anywhere else in the West, what are those who interview them supposed to say?
gravenimage says
Islamic State jihadi refuses to condemn ISIS’ beheadings and use of sex slaves
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Of course not–why would he?
God, I hate Islam.
Goofy says
Why would you deny yourself what Allah has made lawful for you?
Allahu Akhbar!
We are not up against indidual extremist, we are not up against Islamic extremism, we are simply up against Islam according to the Qur’an and Sunnah.
Robert Spencer’s The Critical Qur’an is about to be published. The next thing we need is a study version with clear information to the reader how the legal systems of civilised nations as well as international conventions on war crimes and crimes against humanity sanction terror murders, slave taking and trading etc.