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2025-01-04 15:38:48 UTC - HELPFUL
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Although rape is punishable within Islamic communities, it is systematically used by extremist organizations as a weapon of war, as alleged in the post. Furthermore, these degenerate acts are commonly justified by the international Islamic community https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/12/30/wake-up-call-for-the-international-community-israeli-hostages-describe-torture-sexual-assault-in-gaza/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/17/questions-and-answers-hamas-led-armed-groups-october-7-2023-assault-israel#_Toc171593932:~:text=October%207%2C%202023-,What%20violations%20of%20international%20humanitarian%20law%20and%20grave%20international%20crimes%20were%20committed%20on%20October%207%3F,-Human%20Rights%20Watch https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/16/isis-systematic-rape-sharia-justification-sex-slavery https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/08/middleeast/isis-rape-theology-soldiers-rape-women-to-make-them-muslim/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/24/wartime-sexual-violence-is-not-just-a-weapon-of-war/ https://cairoscene.com/Business/Muslim-Scholar-Says-It-s-OK-to-Rape-Non-Muslim-Women-to-Humiliate-Them https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68474899 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/06/one-in-four-british-muslims-believe-hamas-israel/
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