See the Marriage Advice ISIS Gives to Jihadis and Their Wives
An article in the March edition of the Islamic State's english language propaganda magazine warns jihadis and their wives about the dangers of talking about their spouses behind each others backs.
In an article titled "The Flesh of Your Spouse is Poisonous," the IS (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Deash) magazine, Rumiyah, encourages its extremist militants and their multiple wives to refrain from speaking poorly about each other when out in public or in private conversations with other people.
Considering that IS' version of Sharia law allows for its fighters to have more than one wife, the article addresses jealous jihadi wives who might criticize or bash their husbands' other wives or, as IS refers to them, "co-wives." It also advises men to seek Allah's guidance when their wives start bickering with one another.
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"Many women do not refrain from speaking ill of their co-wives. Instead, among them is she who would go as far as to insult her co-wife and curse her in her absence due to excessive jealousy," the article states, according to PJ Media. "This happens during a meeting of women or in the presence of the husband, who often has no clue as to what he can do! Should he fight off the hostility of this sharp-tongued woman against himself or against his absent wife? Indeed, Allah's help must be sought!"
The article also warns women not to speak poorly of their husbands in the presence of friends.
"When one woman complains against her husband, some of her friends react with incitement and provocation," the article states. "Worse still, some women even guide their sister to the court and explain the procedure for divorce."
According to IS, when men gossip about his wives to his comrades, it shows a "lack of manliness."
"[E]ven worse than this woman who wrongs herself is finding an otherwise intelligent man speaking about the secrets of his home to others," the magazine reads. "Indeed, this is evidence of a lack of manliness."
"Only one who makes a fool of himself does such a thing," it continued.
If husbands and wives have issues they need outside help with, the magazine advises that they seek the guidance of a "counselor who is trusted with regards to his religion and morals, and who safeguards the secrets of those of his brothers who speak to him."
In general, IS considers the act of gossiping behind a spouse's' back, or "backbiting," to be a "a disease of the tongue that only incurs ruin and loss" even when one is right concerning his claims."
"Spouses who speak about each other should know that every secret of their home that is revealed and every ill-spoken word is akin to tears in their clothes," the magazine explains. "The more the number of holes and the larger the holes are, the more the fabric of matrimony will inevitably decay, and no amount of patchwork will help after that."
"[W]hen a person wakes up in the morning and recounts to everyone he meets the things that took place between the walls of his home, even to the point that the smallest details of his life become the talk of the town and the merchandise of narrators, this in fact is a scandal," the article concluded.
The March issue of Rumiyah was its seventh and comes after IS had to change the name of its first propaganda magazine, Dabiq, which was named after a Syrian town believed to be of crucial importance in the fulfillment of Islamic eschatology, after IS lost control of the town last fall.
Other versions of Rumiyah magazine have featured how-to articles, some of which have provided tips for lone wolf jihadis looking to carry out terror attacks on soft targets in the West.
