Raymond Ibrahim: Egypt's First "Sex-Slave" Marriage

Over at Gatestone Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I report on what has been dubbed as Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage," which, coincidentally, took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president

Last Monday, on the Egyptian TV show Al Haqiqa ("the Truth"), journalist Wael al-Ibrashi began the program by airing a video-clip of a man, Abd al-Rauf Awn, "marrying" his "slave." Before making the woman, who had a non-Egyptian accent, repeat the Koran's Surat al-Ikhlas after him, instead of saying the customary "I marry myself to you," the woman said "I enslave myself to you," and kissed him in front of an applauding audience.

Then, even though she was wearing a hijab, her owner-husband declared her forbidden from such trappings, commanding her to be stripped of them, so as "not to break Allah's laws." She took her veil and abaya off, revealing, certainly by Muslim standards, a promiscuous red dress (all the other women present were veiled). The man claps for her as the video-clip (which can be viewed here) ends.

The owner-husband, Abd al-Rauf Awn, then appeared on the show, identifying himself as an Islamic scholar and expert at Islamic jurisprudence who studied at Al Azhar. He gave several Islamic explanations to justify his "marriage," from Islamic prophet Muhammad's "sunna" or practice of "marrying" enslaved captive women, to Koran 4:3, which commands Muslim men to "Marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four… or what your right hands possess."

For all practical purposes, and to avoid euphemisms, "what your right hands possess"—also known in Arab as a melk al-yamin—is, according to Islamic doctrine and history, simply a sex-slave. Linguistic evidence further suggests that she is seen more as a possession than a human.

Even stripping the sex-slave of her hijab, the way Awn commanded his concubine-wife, has precedent. According to Islamic jurisprudence, whereas the free (Muslim) woman is mandated to be veiled behind a hijab, sex-slaves are mandated only to be covered from the navel to the knees—with everything else exposed. During the program Awn even explained how Caliph Omar, one of the first "righteous caliphs," used to strip sex-slaves of their garments, whenever he saw them overly dressed in the marketplace...

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This article should be e-mailed to the loons at LOONWATCH!

I'm thinking that the amount of clothing seems to be the only difference....

And so the "Arab Spring" continues to blossom. (Raymond Ibrahim)

The only 'Spring' that means deflowering! And it's Islamic, of course.

"Husband-owner" - I'll have to remember that phrase.

Are the gals at NOW aware of this?? I am sure it would rocket to the top of their list.....of things to furiously ignore.

Hey Raymond, I've noticed this verse on concubinage is oft overlooked by Muslims and non-Muslims when discussing slavery and concubinage. What's your opinion regarding the two highlighted parts:

Koran 33:50

O Prophet, We have made lawful for thee thy wives whom thou hast given their wages and what thy right hand owns, spoils of war that God has given thee, and the daughters of thy uncles paternal and aunts paternal, thy uncles maternal and aunts maternal, who have emigrated with thee, and any woman believer, if she give herself to the Prophet and if the Prophet desire to take her in marriage, for thee exclusively, apart from the believers -- We know what We have imposed upon them touching their wives and what their right hands own -- that there may be no fault in thee; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.

So, the Koran seems to clearly allow the taking of captives of war to be used as "concubines" and in another part of the verse explicitly differentiates touching your wives *AND* what your right hands own.

Do Muslim scholars often cite this verse when discussing concubinage and slavery?

All this reminds me of a joke.

What do you give a Muslim husband who's got everything?
Penicillin!

A minor overlooked detail of this glorious development of the Arab Glacial Age, is that her children will be slaves.

Slavery on the rise in Egypt, apparently.

And yet we hear nothing from the West's left wing aliened feminists who claim they care so much about how women are treated. And let's not forget Hillary Clinton who is seen as a hero amongst these two faced feminists who will gladly attack anything that will protect women such as Western civilisation, Christianity and yet either ignore or stand-up for that which will lead to the enslavement of women such as Islam.

Raymond Ibrahim: Egypt's First "Sex-Slave" Marriage
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Oh **my God**.

I keep thinking that I know so much about Islam at this point that nothing can shock me, and then *Islam proves me wrong*.

I have become increasingly worried about Egypt, of course, but even I didn't believe they were so far down the road as to openly have *sex slaves* at this point.

And who is this poor woman, who has "a non-Egyptian accent"? This likely means she is non-Arab—traditionally the favorite slaves of Arab supremacist Muslims. It was hard to tell from the picture.

More:

According to Islamic jurisprudence, whereas the free (Muslim) woman is mandated to be veiled behind a hijab, sex-slaves are mandated only to be covered from the navel to the knees—with everything else exposed.
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Many Muslim apologists have scoffed at the idea that sex slaves can be made to walk around topless, but here it is.

In a society where women are forced to cover, this marks sex slaves as humiliated whores.

More:

The owner-husband, Abd al-Rauf Awn, then appeared on the show, identifying himself as an Islamic scholar and expert at Islamic jurisprudence who studied at Al Azhar.
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In other words, this **slave owner** is a scholar for the *most prestigious institution in Sunni Islam*.

He may face some disagreement from fellow Al Azhar scholar Dr. Abdullah al-Naggar, but it sounds as though al-Rauf Awn has the appalling texts of Islam on his side.

More:

The solution, according to Awn, is to reinstitute sex-slavery—allowing men to marry and copulate much earlier in life, and women who want to dress freely to do so, as technically they are sex-slaves and mandated to go about loosely attired, anyway.
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Just let *this* sink in. This distinguished "scholar" is telling any woman who wants freedom from Hijab that her only other option is *sex slavery*.

And lest anyone here assume that al-Rauf Awn is some sort of crank, look at these other calls for the return of sex slavery from respected Muslims, including a fellow Egyptian:

"Egyptian imam: 'When I want a sex slave, I just go to the market and choose the woman I like and purchase her'"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/egyptian-imam-when-i-want-a-sex-slave-i-just-go-to-the-market-and-choose-the-woman-i-like-and-purcha.html

"I hope that Kuwait will enact the law for...sex slaves"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/i-hope-that-kuwait-will-enact-the-law-forsex-slaves.html

More:

The other guest on the show, Dr. Abdullah al-Naggar, a professor of Islamic jurisprudence at Al Azhar, fiercely attacked Awn for reviving this practice, calling on him and his slave-wife to "repent" and stop dishonoring Islam, arguing that "there is no longer sex-slavery"—to which Awn responded by sarcastically asking, "Who said sex-slavery is over? What—because the UN said so?"
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The only reason as much of the Muslim world gave up slavery as it did was due to Western pressure in the 19th and 20th centuries. There was never a Muslim William Wilberforce, a Muslim Harriet Beecher Stowe, or a Muslim Abraham Lincoln.

Will the Egyptian government go after al-Rauf Awn for having a *sex slave*? I'm not sure we can count on it...

And this was broadcast on a major Egyptian television program.

I wonder how many more women will suffer because of this?

Islam continues its frightening march back to the dark ages—and it's swifter than even many savvy Anti-Jihadists could ever have believed.

Egypt has gone to the dogs. i worry about Nesma, Shahinaz, Aya, Lara, Mirhan, Karim, and siraj i wonder how they're taking all this i hope they're alright

That is true that slavery was only abolished in the Muslim world because of Western pressure,and things get worse.One has to know why Islam is false:

"The Koran says the Historical Jesus said he would change Mosaic Law,which Proves Islam is False"

http://www.antisharia.com/2012/07/04/the-koran-says-the-historical-jesus-said-he-would-change-mosaic-lawwhich-proves-islam-is-false/

"Article IV about the Enslavement of Christians by Muslims in Literature:French Novelist Lesage and Islam"

http://www.antisharia.com/2012/03/10/article-iv-about-the-enslavement-of-christians-by-muslims-in-literaturefrench-novelist-lesage-and-islam/

"Dara Shikoh,Moghul Prince of India and Sufi,was Executed in 1659 by his brother Emperor Aurangzeb,as an Apostate of Islam"

http://www.antisharia.com/2012/04/16/dara-shikohmoghul-prince-of-india-and-sufiwas-executed-in-1659-by-his-brother-emperor-aurangzebas-an-apostate-of-islam/

This is happening in the West as well. In Britain nationwide networks of organized Islamic pedophile gangs terrorize hundreds, maybe thousands, of kuffar children into sex slavery: http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2010/01/muslim-pedophile-gangs-prey-on-british.html

Sean wrote:

This is happening in the West as well. In Britain nationwide networks of organized Islamic pedophile gangs terrorize hundreds, maybe thousands, of kuffar children into sex slavery...
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The difference—so far, at least—is that this is *completely illegal* in the West, and Infidel authorities prosecute it as such.

The big question in Egypt will be whether the government does anything about this cleric marrying his *sex slave* on national television.

Given that the Egyptian government is now the Muslim Brotherhood, I rather doubt it...

Of course, the *next* question will be, if they do tacitly condone this, what their reaction will be the first time one of these sex slaves runs away. Will they return the slave to her "master"? If so, they will have become a modern slave state...

Rochdale in England has a very high percentage of Muslims. Co-incidentally it has a very high number of privately run children's homes, with children being brought from all over England.

Reading between the lines of this report, it seems that some of these homes may be Muslim-run pedophile brothels:

From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18264112

"The leader of Rochdale Council says children should no longer be sent to care homes in the borough because their safety "is not being guaranteed".

There are 41 children's homes in Rochdale, which house vulnerable children from all over England.

Colin Lambert says the council has no say in what happens to children in homes who come from outside Rochdale.

Nine men were recently convicted of abusing young girls in Rochdale, one of whom lived in a care home...."

Also from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18675986

The government has published plans to combat the sexual exploitation of children in care homes in England by gangs.

The move acts on recommendations made by the deputy children's commissioner in a report on sexual exploitation.

The conviction this year of nine men in a child sex ring sparked concerns about the safety of children's homes.

Children's Minister Tim Loughton said: "These are big changes to a system, which has been letting down too many."

In May nine men were jailed for being part of a child sex ring in Rochdale - one of the girls was in care at the time and all were said to have been known to social services at some point.


There are 2,074 registered children's homes in England, Ofsted records
These homes offer 11,765 places
There are 16 secure children's homes, providing 281 places
Around three quarters of homes are run by private operators
Annual fees per child can total £200,000
There is a high density of children's homes in Margate, Rochdale, Blackpool and Worthing - large properties in these areas tend to be cheap
45% of children in care homes are outside of their home borough
Police figures show an estimated 10,000 children go missing from care every year
Government official data records just 930 children

The new measures announced include new regulations to make it far harder to place children in care homes outside their home boroughs, and plans to streamline data to get a clearer picture of who goes missing from care.

Ministers also pledged a wide-ranging review of all aspects of the quality and effectiveness of children's homes, including management, ownership and staffing.

A working group will consider

why some local authorities send children to homes outside their own borough
whether such placements can meet children's needs
how well the quality of care is monitored
whether areas such as Rochdale where there are high concentrations of children's homes are really the best "places for bringing up our most vulnerable looked after children"...

What would Mohammed do in such a situation? Six clues.
1. Rayhana.
2. Juwayriya.
3. Safiya.
4. Mariya.
5. Jamila.
6. The slave-girl of Zaynab bint Jahsh.

Logic is a law of life, in that we get no choice. We only get a choice about the ideas and premises we adopt. Although frankly, most people are entirely passive in the matter and adopt whatever ideas are floating in the culture around them, in about the proportion that they are present in others. We don't have to be passive about it, but most people choose to be.

And ideas will, like it or not, tend to lead people to the open expression of the ideas they adopt. And will tend to lead people to the logical conclusions of the ideas they adopt.

Logic is a force of nature. We tend to be driven by it. Like it or not.

All this 7th century stuff is going to keep coming out, stronger and stronger.

If SOMETHING more compelling were very widely adopted and acted on, energetically, there might be an alternative course available.

But all indications are that the Mohammedan parts of the world are on a set course.

Sean wrote:

Rochdale in England has a very high percentage of Muslims. Co-incidentally it has a very high number of privately run children's homes, with children being brought from all over England.

Reading between the lines of this report, it seems that some of these homes may be Muslim-run pedophile brothels...
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Sean, I think you may have misunderstood me. I *was not* minimizing the horror of this phenomenon—you can read my comments on these stories as reported here to see that it is not so.

And thanks for the additional sources—do you have any information on whether any of these homes are actually *being run by Muslims*?

This actually happened in the United States. Northern California authorities—city, county, and state—had grotesquely fawned on Yusef Bey and his Nation of Islam spin-off Your Black Muslim Bakery for decades.

At one point, Child Protective Services decided to place "at risk" foster children girls with Bey and his wife, to soak up the supposedly great "family values" there.

Well, almost every one of these girls became pregnant when they hit thirteen or fourteen. Social Services chalked this up to the girls being "at risk" for teen pregnancy—never mind that the statistics of girls placed with Bey were many times worse than even the usual run of teen pregnancy among this population.

They continued to place girls with the Beys even after this pattern became established.

Of course, it came out later that Bey was raping these girls, then threatening them—often, even more perversely, by *threatening their babies*—to keep them quiet. He also passed a few of them on to his associates as "rewards"—this *was* sex slavery, and sanctioned by the stupidity and willful blindness of the very agencies that were supposed to be protecting these girls.

And, of course, it is likely that many of these girls were being abused even younger, but simply didn't become pregnant until their early teens.

And there were other girls victimized, as well—daughters of bakery workers and under-aged "employees"—many of whom were never paid for their work.

Bey was never prosecuted for these horrifying crimes, since he developed cancer and was deemed too ill to stand trial. Still it is likely that his associates and wife—actually, *wives*, although only the first one was legally recognized here—were also involved in the terrible abuse of these girls.

I'd like to think that these agencies now have better safeguards in place—but I'm not at all sure we can count on that...

Here's an article from the Chauncey Bailey Project—a consortium of local journalists, many from rival news outlets—named after the journalist murdered by Your Muslim Bakery when he went digging for the truth, that covers some of this story:

"Fear, Abuse Trapped Women in Your Black Muslim Bakery"

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=f4dceeef643e10bc9efab19e226b7fbc

One detail: you might wonder why virtually *everyone* in this article is surnamed "Bey". Yusef Bey had a megalomaniacal habit of renaming not just his children, but his wives, associates, and many informally "adopted children"—many of whom he "adopted" as adults—after himself.

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