Take Your Daughter to Jihad Day

A young “French” man picked up his 20-month-old daughter one day and then decamped without warning to Syria to wage jihad against the Assad regime for al-Nusra, the US-backed Al Qaeda affiliate.

The French news report below includes an interview with the little girl’s distraught mother. Many thanks to Bear for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Transcript:

00:00   It’s the fight of a mother to recover her daughter. for two months Miryam
00:04   Raheim is deprived of the presence of the little Assa, aged 20 months
00:08   and kidnapped by her father. I woke up and changed the diapers
00:12   of my daughter. I gave her her bottle and I went to work,
00:16   and left her with my mother. He came, he said to my mother
00:20   that he was going to run errands with her. Until that time there is no problem
00:24   And since that day he has not returned. The couple separated
00:28   a year and a half ago due to the radicalization of the young man after a pilgrimage to Mecca
00:32   He wishes today to go to Syria to join a branch of Al-Qaeda
00:36   It is a group that he wants to reach
00:40   It’s the army, the front Al Nusra
00:44   So it is a branch of Al-Qaeda my daughter is a hostage
00:48   for me she is just 20 months. She has no business over there.
00:52   Beside her lawyer she calls out the president of the republic to
00:56   save her daughter. It is the call of desperation. It is the call of tearing apart, it is
01:00   the call of suffering we cannot conceive that this man can
01:04   take this little girl of 20 months to Syria and it is a mother that
01:08   out of desperation begs the president of the republic, the cabinet of Francois
01:12   Hollande has already assured the young woman of his support without specifying
01:17   if an action will be taken.
 

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4 thoughts on “Take Your Daughter to Jihad Day

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  2. Quote:
    Beside her lawyer she calls out the president of the republic to
    00:56 save her daughter. It is the call of desperation. It is the call of tearing apart, it is
    01:00 the call of suffering we cannot conceive that this man can
    01:04 take this little girl of 20 months to Syria and it is a mother that
    01:08 out of desperation begs the president of the republic, the cabinet of Francois
    01:12 Hollande has already assured the young woman of his support without specifying
    01:17 if an action will be taken.
    end

    Even though this woman is probably not ethnically French, her appeal is quite French.
    Worthy of respect is the mother.
    The father should be forbidden to touch France again.

  3. This is religious insanity. Do you think the father stashed the kid somewhere else? Why would you want to fight the jihad with a child in diapers?

  4. I would not call this religious insanity. Insane behavior seems to be prescribed as behavior that deviates far from normal societal behavior. Depending on the magnitude of the deviation on applies words, ranging from silly to idiotic, prescribing the behavior.

    Religion has his own rules, and since many people are religious, religious values shape society. For a deeply devout Christian suicide might not be considered an option; euthanasia seems impossible. For a Buddhist murder is forbidden, but as far as I understand, nothing is mentioned about suicide.

    For a deeply devout Muslim Jihad (religious war) is a real option and even duty, mentioned in the Quran. For many Muslims, what is written in the Quran should not be considered metaphorically. Jihad, every Muslims duty, is considered a devout duty. Every Muslim has a duty to serve Allah’s army. Sacrificing one’s live, fellow mans live or live of one’s children must be seen as acts of devoutness. Pressing people to be devout is a duty, as one obliges soldiers at wartime to act and obey.

    The rules of war, an integral part of Muslim society, can be noticed in more ways.
    For instance a Muslim woman is considered up till today in quite e few Islam jurisdictions half the value of a Muslim man. This seems logical, since man are historically on average far better equipped to fight (on notices it in sports) and physical maltreatment does not have negative effect upon them, like the inability to give birth.
    Also the mosque, the religious temple, and the gathering place of warriors (no women allowed) fit in this picture. Recently this is underlined by the battles that take place after and are organized during Friday prayer in the mosques of Egypt, where the mighty brotherhood try to establish their right for power.
    Another example can be found when a person speaks out he does not want to be a Muslim anymore. This person is considered a deserter, and like in any war-economy desertion is considered a grave crime. On the other hand, as long as you pretend to be a Muslim, everything is fine. Consequently, many people are merely Muslim because they have to be a Muslim.
    Very devout Muslims, commit suicide as live bombers. Recently frequency of these acts has grown into almost daily basis. These acts must not be seen as criminal acts, but acts of devoutness. The taking of innocent lives of other Muslims is not harmful. These victims surely reach paradise, so no harm has been done. On the other hand, non-Muslim victims have been sentenced to Hell and the suicide bomber has to be seen upon as a great warrior. Summarizing, the suicide bomber is an actor at war, during which inflicting damage at your enemy naturally demands sacrafices.

    A father that brings his child to the holy battlefields of Jihad in Syria is devout and he is far from insane in the context of Islam.

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