KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — A young Kelantan woman has alleged that she almost left for Syria to act as a sex slave to Islamic State (IS) jihadists there, Utusan Malaysia has reported.
Citing a purported video interview, the Malay language daily reported that the woman — identified only as Umairah — claimed she was lured by promises of “paradise” and influenced by a religious class in a local university.
Umairah reportedly spoke of the preparations she made for the abortive trip to Syria, including learning the guide to taking care of Muslim militants such as eating, dressing and fulfilling their sexual needs that included serving five men at a time.
The 23-year-old was determined to go Syria despite her parents’ opposition to carry out jihad (holy struggle) and fulfilling the militants’ sexual needs, but hinted that a nightmare of being gang-raped put a stop to her plans.
“Up until that pointed, I still agreed because (I) wanted heaven. I told my parents; of course they were very angry. But I have already promised to jihad, so I don’t care about the prohibition, what I know, I want to go Syria.
“But on the last night I was in Malaysia, I dreamt of being gang-raped. Very torturous. Only God knows. After I was raped, my mother came and wrapped me with white cloth and black veil,” the second daughter of an engineer was quoted saying in the video cited by Utusan.
According to the Malay-language daily’s report dated December 1, the eight minute and 11 second video was posted the day before on popular video-sharing website YouTube by a local portal.
Utusan did not specify, however, the name of the purported video clip or the portal that was said to have posted it.
Citing the same video, Utusan said Umairah spoke of how a man in a religious class had exposed her to the new method of using jihad to wipe out past sins, adding that he had also spoken of heaven and the benefits of jihad.
She said she was also taught to hate infidels, liberal Muslims and Muslims of different sects, besides being given reading materials from Syria and Indonesia and online articles.
Last week, the prime minister tabled a White Paper in Parliament titled “Addressing the threat of Islamic State”, in which he outlined the history of IS, the threat the group poses and the impact it has on Malaysians as well as the danger in allowing its skewed Islamic teachings and practice of violence to spread in Malaysia.
According to the White Paper sighted by Malay Mail Online, 39 Malaysians are already in Syria, with 17 of them involved in IS while 22 had joined Ajnad al-Sham.
The police have also arrested 40 suspects in the country as of November 13, with the first arrest on February 7.
The White Paper pointed out that the arrests of 11 suspects on April 28 exposed their plans to bomb entertainment centres in KL, an alcohol plant in Selangor, government buildings in Putrajaya.
Putrajaya also confirmed last week that it was planning to introduce a new anti-terrorism law, with the bill expected to be debated during the next Parliamentary sitting in March next year.
