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that
Tunisian women traveling to Syria for "sex jihad" were having sex with 20, 30 and even up to 100 rebels, and that some of the women had returned home pregnant. On 6 October 2013, a Tunisian official downplayed this prior claim, saying at most 15 Tunisian women traveled to Syria, though some were
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claim the women—virgins or not—must join jihad (...) and cleanse themselves by sleeping with militants. Those that refuse to do so are violating God's will, it is claimed, and will be beaten or killed." It has also been suggested that Sunni women from
Australia, the United Kingdom and Malaysia have
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who they said had returned from Syria, and who said that stories about "Jihad al-Nikah" are not just a rumor but are real, and that he himself had experienced it firsthand. He also spoke of the nationalities of the girls who travel to Syria to partake in it while also fighting as snipers during the
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Publicity first arose in 2013, and the veracity of the practice became the subject of a greater debate in
September 2013 after the Interior Minister of the 98.45% Muslim nation of Tunisia made a public statement identifying it as a significant issue. Critics dismissed claims of "sexual jihad" as
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had reported that activists on social media were circulating reports about ISIL putting up posters calling on the people of Mosul to bring them their unmarried girls to participate in "marriage jihad". The statement was not independently verified by either
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and other western sources were deliberately covering up the true story of sex jihad, as many victims' cases have been reported in multiple media reports and several sex jihad volunteers have come forward to give interviews.
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and voluntarily offer themselves to be "married" to jihadist militants, often repeatedly and in temporary marriages, serving sexual comfort roles to help boost the fighters' morale.
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wrote that there is no evidence for the allegations from the
Tunisian government and others for the existence of "sex jihad". On 7 October 2013, the German magazine
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reported that "sex jihad" to Syria was "an elaborate disinformation campaign by the Syrian government to distract international attention from its own crimes."
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region bordering
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found that the photo which was used to illustrate the story was fake, originating in an unrelated Libyan context the previous year.
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fighting the government in Syria. Sheikh al-Arefe himself has denied allegations that he issued such a fatwa, dismissing it on his
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day. He was arrested by
Tunisian security services, which investigated and found out that he had never in fact been to Syria, and
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This article is about the alleged practice of women volunteering to marry Jihadi extremists militants. Not to be confused with
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movement there, and then spread with
Tunisian girls volunteering comfort to Syrian jihadis. In April 2013, the
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512:[Al-Arifi: The fatwa of "Marriage Jihad" in Syria is fabrication and is not issued by a sane person].
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Other allegations of this practice stem from the
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around 2013, that called for Iraqi women supporters to come forward for sex jihad and boost the
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account as a "fabrication", and stressing that anyone who circulates or believes it is insane.
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862:"Isis executes 19 women in Mosul 'for refusing to take part in sexual jihad'"
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938:"Sectarian War in Syria Introduced New Gender-Based Crimes"
464:"Tunisia's 'sexual jihad' - extremist fatwa or propaganda?"
841:"Photo of 'women murdered for refusing sex jihad' is fake"
348:"Tunisian women go on 'sex jihad' to Syria, minister says"
957:"How Foreign Policy Magazine Covered Up Syrian Sex Jihad"
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televised an interview with an alleged Tunisian jihadist
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779:"ISIS Just Executed More Than 150 Women In Fallujah"
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forced to have sex with several Islamist militants.
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