An influential Saudi cleric has called for the gang rape of Syrian women to give "warriors of Islam" fighting in the war-torn country some sexual relief.
Muhammed al-Arifi, described by news site AlterNet which carried the news as a "leading jihadist religious figure", says militants should enter short-term "intercourse marriages" of only a few hours "in order to give each fighter a turn".
Any females over the age of 14 are considered eligible "brides", says al-Arifi, who claims it has "been two years since the jihadists were last with women", according to a report. His fatwa would "boost the determination of the mujahideen in Syria and is considered a duty to enter paradise for those females who enter such marriages".
The claims are made in a TV report uploaded to YouTube by a self-described "secular Syrian opposed to having my country turned into a Taliban-like state".
Al-Arifi follows the conservative Wahhabism branch of Islam, popular in Saudi Arabia.
Arabic news site tayyar.org reports Muslim critics of the fatwa say it "permits the exploitation of the victims of the Syrian crisis", and consider the "intercourse marriages" rape.
Saudi Arabia, along with Qatar, has been assisting the Free Syrian Army in their battle against the Assad regime.
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