Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim was “very upset” by a news report stating Malaysian women were volunteering to engage in “sexual jihad” with Islamist militants in the Middle East.
“I am very upset by that news report saying that Malaysian women had joined the militants to perform sexual jihad,” she said yesterday, as reported by The Star Online‘s Ong Han Sean.
“I am not sure whether the report is true or not but I strongly urge Malaysian women not to be tricked into participating in such a thing.”
An anonymous intelligence source revealed to The Malaysian Insider on Wednesday that Malaysian women had been travelling to the Middle East to offer themselves as “comfort women” to militants involved in Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operations, in what is termed as Jihad al-Nikah, or sexual jihad.
“This is degrading and will only tarnish the dignity of women,” Rohani said.
The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has confirmed that at least three Malaysian women are currently in Syria, supposedly playing a “supporting role” to Malaysian men who are in the war-torn country fighting alongside ISIS militants.
A Bukit Aman source told The Star Online that there was no available information on whether or not these women were engaged in sexual jihad.
“All that we know is that they are already there playing a supporting role,” he said.
Rohani said it was a shame that religion had been misused to besmirch the honour of women.
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