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Glossy 'Jihad Cosmo' combines beauty tips with suicide bombing advice

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The slick, 31-page Al-Shamikha magazine - meaning The Majestic Woman - has advice for singletons on 'marrying a mujahideen'.

Readers are told it is their duty to raise children to be mujahideen ready for jihad.
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I don't know how this can help the mujahideen's Western leftist supporters continue to make the case that: 1) they are a figment of the right's imagination, 2) they mean us no harm, 3) they only kill us because we aren't fair to them.

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The magazine includes exclusive interviews with the wives of martyrs, who praise their husband's suicide missions. A beauty column instructs women to keep their faces covered and stay indoors (file picture)
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Marshabar said:
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I don't know how this can help the mujahideen's Western leftist supporters continue to make the case that: 1) they are a figment of the right's imagination, 2) they mean us no harm, 3) they only kill us because we aren't fair to them.

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Can you spot the cross dresser?

As much as this will piss of someone I don't care, I have to say this is funny for the Cult to have a Rag that covers such diverse subjects that when combined become funny.
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Councilman said:
Can you spot the cross dresser?

As much as this will piss of someone I don't care, I have to say this is funny for the Cult to have a Rag that covers such diverse subjects that when combined become funny.
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I find it a bit uncanny also. Why would a magazine like this be published? I guess I need to look at who the publisher is. Who is this magazine aimed at?

A magazine like this seems to undermine mainstream Islam's charade that violent jihad doesn't exist.
 
Marshabar said:
I find it a bit uncanny also. Why would a magazine like this be published? I guess I need to look at who the publisher is. Who is this magazine aimed at?

A magazine like this seems to undermine mainstream Islam's charade that violent jihad doesn't exist.
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Given that the source is the Daily Mail, I'm not convinced the magazine itself even exists.

Daily Mail is a tabloid.
 
Very bizarre.

Shamika’s table of contents lists articles on “Marrying a jihadist,” “Sharia law that applies to you” and “Your house is your kingdom,” as well as a “meeting with a jihad wife.” Not exactly a leading role for women.

In the next issue, Shamikha looks like it’s going to get service-y. The Independent writes that issue No. 2 will have tips on waging “electronic jihad.” If so, then Shamikha is the Hairpin to Inspire’s Awl.
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Al-Shamikha | Danger Room | Wired.com
 
StillBallin75 said:
I think this is Al-Qaeda's lame attempt at showing they treat women just as well as the West does after calling us out for our hypocrisy.
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Or they need fresh blood. May be getting harder to do moves with boys and young men.
 
I wonder what their circulation numbers are... and where is NOW? This not only objectifies terrorism/jihadis but now objectifies a lack of womens rights while at the same time, giving tip for under the "covers". Pretty sick.
 
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The magazine's editors explain their thinking in a launch issue preamble:

"Because women constitute half of the population – and one might even say that they are the population since they give birth to the next generation – the enemies of Islam are bent on preventing the Muslim woman from knowing the truth about her religion and her role, since they know all too well what would happen if women entered the field of jihad... The nation of Islam needs women who know the truth about their religion and about the battle and its dimensions and know what is expected of them."

Analysts say the idea is to market global jihad with the same slick feel as Cosmopolitan or Marie Claire push Western culture to young women. Al-Shamikha certainly isn't the first jihadist magazine for women. It follows others such as The Granddaughters of Khansa, which launched in February 2010 only to fold after two editions. It bore a number of similarities to Al-Shamikha.

The US security establishment is reportedly concerned with al Qa'ida's publishing ambitions, which are self-evidently intended to recruit followers among the wider Muslim world.
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Al-Qa'ida glossy advises women to cover up and marry a martyr - Asia, World - The Independent
 
StillBallin75 said:
I think this is Al-Qaeda's lame attempt at showing they treat women just as well as the West does after calling us out for our hypocrisy.
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I wonder if the whole thing is satire! A giant troll :D
 
For years I have toyed with pitching a concept to Gloria Steinem to do a Pro Abortion Rag called "The Women's Movement", with the cover of issue number one begin a slut sitting on a clear glass toilet, excreting a fetus, and reading Cosmopolitan. I think there is a market. Could hit up AARP to buy ad space, maybe Proctor and Gamble for tampon ads.
 
Deuce said:
I wonder if the whole thing is satire! A giant troll :D
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Ya, that seems the most likely explanation to me too. Certainly more likely than a bunch of dudes living in caves decided to get together and write a magazine geared toward, umm, no one in particular.

Is this magazine going to start popping up at the Saudi equivalent of Walgreen's? I highly doubt it.
 
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You know, it's pretty ironic to tell a woman to look pretty before she goes on a suicide bombing mission, when she is actually going to look really, really ugly afterwards. :mrgreen:
 
Ed Gein said:
For years I have toyed with pitching a concept to Gloria Steinem to do a Pro Abortion Rag called "The Women's Movement", with the cover of issue number one begin a slut sitting on a clear glass toilet, excreting a fetus, and reading Cosmopolitan. I think there is a market. Could hit up AARP to buy ad space, maybe Proctor and Gamble for tampon ads.
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:confused: Why would you want a picture of someone having a miscarriage on a magazine?
 
people really believe this?

the first hint that it's fake is on the front cover.


who's the more foolish? the fool or the fool who follows him?
 
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