Against the backdrop of Hamas – and Western feminist organizations’ - denials of mass rape by Hamas fighters and Gazan civilians who followed in their wake during the invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023, it is worth looking at a just-published UNICEF report on sexual violence against children in Sudan during the past year.
Professor Morris, at Columbia University you would be accused of being Islamophobic.
Professor Morris,
I say you are a realist, a person who seeks and finds the truth no matter how uncomfortable it makes curious people feel. Ran into 25 year old at a cafe in NYC the other day who was working his way through your work, “Righteous Victims”.
There is phobia, there is phillia and there is fact.
Taking non-Muslim women captives as sex slaves has a long history in Islam, dating back to Muhammad himself. ISIS’s interpretation of Islam thus isn’t entirely implausible. This is a sad reality that the West chooses to ignore.
The Moroccan Regulares' use of mass rape during the Spanish Civil War fits this exact pattern. Queipo de Llano openly encouraged their sexual violence as a terror tactic in Seville, just as Islamist and Arab militias have done in Sudan, Yemen, Libya, and ISIS-controlled territories. The same method, i.e. rape as a weapon of war to dominate, terrorize, and break resistance, has been deployed across history, from North Africa to the Middle East, proving that this is not an aberration but a consistent strategy of war, which is deemed culturally acceptable.
It’s as if we’ve travelled back in time to when Abraham first stepped out onto the World stage, as the rights of babies & children are removed & sexual abuse normalised, as we descend ever deeper into social chaos & moral depravity. The horror of it all defies the imagination. They tried to ban The Sound of Freedom where children are trafficked because they are a better investment that drugs. They can be abused several times a day & last possibly 10 years unless killed whilst being abused. Judaism introduced laws that protected the rights of the vulnerable & of the poor. The world is in crisis as attention has been brought back the the cradle of antisemitism & where the first recorded pogrom took place in the Year 38 in Alexandria, Egypt. It’s no surprise that Yasser Arafat was an Egyptian born in Cairo.
Were one to argue that rape is a byproduct of war, so indicating that this is a norm in the Arab/Muslim world is racist/Islamophobia, what would be your response?
I'm really happy to see you here, Mr. Morris. I greatly admire your work and analyses
Rape is not an inevitable byproduct of war. Consider, for instance, as much as people condemned the GW Bush administration for its "War on Terror," the coalition troops did not perpetrate mass sexual violence (including against children) in Afghanistan or Iraq. (They unfortunately turned a blind eye to endemic sexual violence against boys in Afghanistan, because their Afghan allies were the ones doing it -- but that's a different framing than what Morris is discussing here.) The IDF has not perpetrated mass sexual violence against the Palestinians or Lebanese in its recent war.
Regarding "Islamophobia," a phobia refers to an irrational fear. It is NOT irrational for the victims of the Arab armies described above to fear sexual violence against themselves or their children. The term Islamophobia was invented by the Islamic Republic of Iran to suppress all criticism of Islam *even by moderate Muslims*. (For more on this - https://anarrowbridgeburning.substack.com/p/the-clash-of-civilizations-i-didnt)
Yes, I'm aware the IDF/Islamophobia propaganda via IRGC bit. I live in a part of the world that is largely ignorant of this matters and inadvertently normalizes cruel violence of Islamists , so when I get into an argument with a suicidal empath, I gotta back it up, you know?
Fascinating. It makes me think about how norms can shift in different contexts, and how they are reshaped, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse.
An important insight to keep in mind for when discussing with those that deny atrocities of October 7th or others across the region.
Thank you sir
Professor Morris, at Columbia University you would be accused of being Islamophobic.
Professor Morris,
I say you are a realist, a person who seeks and finds the truth no matter how uncomfortable it makes curious people feel. Ran into 25 year old at a cafe in NYC the other day who was working his way through your work, “Righteous Victims”.
There is phobia, there is phillia and there is fact.
Taking non-Muslim women captives as sex slaves has a long history in Islam, dating back to Muhammad himself. ISIS’s interpretation of Islam thus isn’t entirely implausible. This is a sad reality that the West chooses to ignore.
The Moroccan Regulares' use of mass rape during the Spanish Civil War fits this exact pattern. Queipo de Llano openly encouraged their sexual violence as a terror tactic in Seville, just as Islamist and Arab militias have done in Sudan, Yemen, Libya, and ISIS-controlled territories. The same method, i.e. rape as a weapon of war to dominate, terrorize, and break resistance, has been deployed across history, from North Africa to the Middle East, proving that this is not an aberration but a consistent strategy of war, which is deemed culturally acceptable.
https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/622/
It’s as if we’ve travelled back in time to when Abraham first stepped out onto the World stage, as the rights of babies & children are removed & sexual abuse normalised, as we descend ever deeper into social chaos & moral depravity. The horror of it all defies the imagination. They tried to ban The Sound of Freedom where children are trafficked because they are a better investment that drugs. They can be abused several times a day & last possibly 10 years unless killed whilst being abused. Judaism introduced laws that protected the rights of the vulnerable & of the poor. The world is in crisis as attention has been brought back the the cradle of antisemitism & where the first recorded pogrom took place in the Year 38 in Alexandria, Egypt. It’s no surprise that Yasser Arafat was an Egyptian born in Cairo.
siri what is orientalism
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/sudan-politics-sexual-violence/
Were one to argue that rape is a byproduct of war, so indicating that this is a norm in the Arab/Muslim world is racist/Islamophobia, what would be your response?
I'm really happy to see you here, Mr. Morris. I greatly admire your work and analyses
Rape is not an inevitable byproduct of war. Consider, for instance, as much as people condemned the GW Bush administration for its "War on Terror," the coalition troops did not perpetrate mass sexual violence (including against children) in Afghanistan or Iraq. (They unfortunately turned a blind eye to endemic sexual violence against boys in Afghanistan, because their Afghan allies were the ones doing it -- but that's a different framing than what Morris is discussing here.) The IDF has not perpetrated mass sexual violence against the Palestinians or Lebanese in its recent war.
Regarding "Islamophobia," a phobia refers to an irrational fear. It is NOT irrational for the victims of the Arab armies described above to fear sexual violence against themselves or their children. The term Islamophobia was invented by the Islamic Republic of Iran to suppress all criticism of Islam *even by moderate Muslims*. (For more on this - https://anarrowbridgeburning.substack.com/p/the-clash-of-civilizations-i-didnt)
As for sexual violence being a norm for mujahideen, consider the following - https://www.lorenzofromoz.net/p/hamas-displays-a-muslim-way-of-war
Yes, I'm aware the IDF/Islamophobia propaganda via IRGC bit. I live in a part of the world that is largely ignorant of this matters and inadvertently normalizes cruel violence of Islamists , so when I get into an argument with a suicidal empath, I gotta back it up, you know?
Sickening
Where did this norm start? And where have there been precedents of this norm stopping?
This might be relevant to your first question - https://www.lorenzofromoz.net/p/hamas-displays-a-muslim-way-of-war
Fascinating. It makes me think about how norms can shift in different contexts, and how they are reshaped, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse.