Feminisme in Hamas-stijl

radikaal-islamitisch feminisme.
Het Palestijnse parlementslid Yunis Al-Astal van Hamas vertelt in dit interview over haar grote voorbeelden uit de tijd van de Profeet, over een vrouw die zo blij was haar zoon aan Allah te kunnen offeren nadat ze had gehoord dat hem in het paradijs 72 zwart-ogige maagden zouden verwelkomen, en legt uit dat vrouwen geen hoofddoek hoeven dragen als ze zich in 'Zionistische steden, diep in Palestina' willen opblazen (sorry, een martelaren operatie uitvoeren).

"In the second Al-Aqsa Intifada, females martyrdom-seekers emerged. These are
young women, in the prime of their life, at a time when girls like these think
only about jewelry and preparing for marriage. Nevertheless, they went to
their martyrdom, advancing head-on with a great fighting spirit. This Intifada
of ours has recorded more than 15 exemplary cases of girls who were martyred
for the sake of Allah. But not before making the Jews – the brothers of apes
and pigs – taste the bitterness of death, and not before avenging the blood of
the martyrs, the wounded, the bereaved, the prisoners, the displaced, those
whose homes were destroyed, those whose lands were bulldozed, and all those
who were affected by the earthquake of the sons of Zion."

Het onbegrijpelijke voor velen is dat 'the brothers of apes and pigs' dit soort heldendaden proberen te voorkomen, en het daarom steeds moeilijker maken - ook voor vrouwen - om Israël (sorry, de Zionistische entiteit) binnen te komen. Alvorens je verontwaardiging te uiten over het feit dat Israel maar beperkt goederen en personenverkeer toelaat in de Gazastrook, zou je er misschien even bij stil kunnen staan dat er in de Gazastrook velen als Al-Astal rondlopen.

 

Ratna
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Special Dispatch-Palestinian Authority/Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project
June 22, 2007
No. 1631

Palestinian MP From Hamas Dr. Yunis Al-Astal on Women's Participation in Jihad - From Islam's Beginnings To Modern Female Suicide Bombers

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The following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Yunis Al-Astal, a Palestinian MP representing Hamas, which aired on Al-Rafidein TV on June 17, 2007.

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Interviewer: "What are the purposes behind women's participation in the jihad of conquest and invasions?"

Yunis Al-Astal: "I have mentioned some of these purposes. [Women] prepare food, they bring water, they tend to the wounded and convey them from the battlefield, they protect the [soldiers'] possessions, and so on. But in many cases, women participated in combat, especially if the Islamic army was weakening, and you could see that the enemy was about to gain the upper hand. In such cases, a woman would draw out her sword, or pull out a pole from her tent, and would resist to the best of her ability."

[...]

"Let's take another example. Safiyya, the aunt of the Prophet Muhammad, used a pole to kill a Jew in the Battle of the Trench. Likewise, in the Battle of Hunayn, Umm Sulaym had a dagger, and when asked about it, she said: 'If an enemy of Allah comes near me, I shall stab him with this dagger.' History has recorded, in shining letters, the fact that Al-Khansaa sacrificed her four children at the battle of Al-Qadisiyya. She inflamed their emotions and she herself incited them to fight until they attained their martyrdom, and then she thanked Allah for honoring her with the killing of them all."

[...]


Umm Ibrahim "Praised Allah for Accepting Her Sacrifice – Her Only Son"

Yunis Al-Astal: "I would like to tell you a wonderful story which took place in later times. There was a woman called Umm Ibrahim Al-Hashimiya, and Ibrahim was her only child. She prepared 10,000 dinars, to hold him a wedding the likes of which had never been seen. All the girls of the neighborhood were hoping to become his wife. One day, she attended a sermon about jihad, the virtues of the mujahideen, and about the black-eyed virgins of Paradise. She immediately decided that her son would marry the black-eyed virgins. She went to the preacher and paid him the 10,000 dinars, on the condition that her son would marry the black-eyed virgins, about whom she heard things that encouraged her to act the way she did.

"Her son did indeed wage jihad for the sake of Allah, and she awaited news of his martyrdom with bated breath. When the army returned, she hastened to ask: 'Should I be congratulated because my gift was accepted, or should I be offered condolences because it was returned?' The army commander said to her: 'The gift was accepted, and the bride has been brought to the groom.' She praised Allah for accepting her sacrifice – her only son, who was about to be married. She believed that his wedding was his martyrdom for the sake of Allah."

[...]

"In the second Al-Aqsa Intifada, females martyrdom-seekers emerged. These are young women, in the prime of their life, at a time when girls like these think only about jewelry and preparing for marriage. Nevertheless, they went to their martyrdom, advancing head-on with a great fighting spirit. This Intifada of ours has recorded more than 15 exemplary cases of girls who were martyred for the sake of Allah. But not before making the Jews – the brothers of apes and pigs – taste the bitterness of death, and not before avenging the blood of the martyrs, the wounded, the bereaved, the prisoners, the displaced, those whose homes were destroyed, those whose lands were bulldozed, and all those who were affected by the earthquake of the sons of Zion."

The Female Martyrdom-Seekers' Message to the Enemies is to Go Back Whence They Came – "Or Else our Jihad will Continue Until this Land Regains its Holiness"

Interviewer: "Dr. Al-Astal, we have seen that some of the female martyrdom-seekers set out on their martyrdom operation without a veil. To what extent does our religion allow women, when they embark upon jihad for the sake of Allah, to use means of camouflage such as removing the veil?"

Yunis Al-Astal: "When jihad becomes an individual duty, the husband's permission or consent is not required, because jihad becomes like prayer. Just like a woman does not have to ask for permission to pray, to fast during Ramadhan, or to give charity, she does not need to ask for permission when jihad becomes an individual duty. In my opinion, in places invaded by the enemy, jihad becomes an individual duty.

"With regard to your question about the veil, especially when it comes to martyrdom-seekers who had to go into the Zionist cities deep in Palestine – jihad is a duty, and so is wearing a veil, but the duty of jihad is ten times great than the duty of wearing a veil."

[...]

"The most important message is that our enemies should know that there is no place for them on the land of Palestine. Each and every boy and man, and each and every girl and woman, is a potential martyrdom-seeker. The enemy should know that we are prepared to wear explosive belts, and to throw ourselves in the midst of the enemy, in order to make them taste the evil consequences of their deeds. They should know that they have no other choice – either they leave or they will die, even if it takes a long time."

[...]

"The message of the female martyrdom-seekers to the enemies is that they should go back to where they came from, or else our jihad will continue until this land regains its holiness – from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Jordan] River."

[...]

"The women of Islam, especially in regions of tension – and I emphasize Iraq and Afghanistan, where the Americans run rampant... If we are capable – and, Allah willing we are indeed capable – of shattering America's might and rubbing its nose in the dirt, we will deliver the world from this global American bully, from the European Crusader hypocrisy, and the hateful paganism worldwide. What is required of the men and women of these peoples – but especially the women – is that they take [an example] from Rim Al-Riyashi, from Fatima Al-Najjar, and from the long list of women, and especially from Umm Nidhal, the mother of Muhammad Farhat, who sacrificed three children as martyrs, and who threatens the enemy that her remaining children will become martyrdom-seekers, and will make the Jews taste the evil consequences of their deeds."


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