by Tara Chang
The Daily Mail has reported that Al-Qaeda has launched a glossy magazine called Al-Shamikha meaning The Majestic Woman that “mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings.”
The 31-page cosmo dubbed ‘Jihab Cosmo’ reportedly contains interviews with martyrs’ wives, advice for single ladies on ‘marrying a mujahideen’ and a beauty column that instructs women to stay indoors with their faces covered to keep a clear complexion.
The editorial explains that the goal of the magazine is to educate women about their religion and their role. It says “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.”
The magazine is being distributed online by Al-Qaeda media.
Photo courtesy of The Daily Mail UK
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