Al-Shamikha, Al-Qaida's magazine for women

biko

Al-Qaeda has launched a women's magazine that mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings.
There are exclusive interviews with martyrs' wives, who praise their husbands' decisions to die in suicide attacks.
The slick, 31-page Al-Shamikha magazine - meaning The Majestic Woman - has advice for singletons on 'marrying a mujahideen'.
And the 'beauty column' instructs women to stay indoors with their faces covered to keep a 'clear complexion'.
They should 'not go out except when necessary' and wear a niqab for 'rewards by complying with the command of Allah Almighty'.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/alqaida-glossy-advises-women-to-cover-up-and-marry-a-martyr-2240992.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365806/Glossy-Jihad-Cosmo-combines-beauty-tips-suicide-bombing-advice.html?ITO=1490

Actual magazine in Arabic for download, may be in breach of Al-Qaida copyright.
http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx/AlshamikhaM.pdf

Sonics2k

If it's in the Daily Mail you just know it's totally legit and not even slightly biased.

:eek::eek::eek:

Ev84

Wow :eek: I thought you were taking the pi$$ there biko. That's freaky...

racso1975

Download that magazine and i bet ya dont get into the states next time for some mysterious reason

biko

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/03/al-qaedas-new-womens-magazine/35808/

Al Qaeda is targeting Muslim women with a brand new U.S.-style glossy magazine that offers home and beauty tips alongside testimonials from the wives of suicide bombers and female jihadists. The first 30-page issue of Al-Shamikha was recently made available for purchase online by the Al Fajr Media Centre.

The Independent's Julius Cavendish notes that "sophisticated media campaigns are a hallmark of Al Qa'ida's strategists, and although some of their ideas have an almost ludicrous resonance among a Western audience, they have been masterful at tapping into the disenchanted youth in many Islamic countries." One of Al Qaeda's other recent media endeavors is Inspire, the English-language magazine geared towards recruiting American Muslims with such articles as "How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom."

"How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" made me lol, so misogynist and wrong in many ways.

Chaotic_Forces

I actually thought it was a nice idea and then read about it. People are strange.

AnonoBoy

Is it real? Cause I know Fox News got taken in lately by a Pakistani p*ss-take website.

Xivilai

I heard there are some explosive interviews in there

Zebra3

Are women allowed out to buy it or is it available thorugh subscription only?

Doas Allah allow women to read?

Wonder what makes up the problem page?

ejmaztec

biko wrote: »

Al-Qaeda has launched a women's magazine that mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings.
There are exclusive interviews with martyrs' wives, who praise their husbands' decisions to die in suicide attacks.
The slick, 31-page Al-Shamikha magazine - meaning The Majestic Woman - has advice for singletons on 'marrying a mujahideen'.
And the 'beauty column' instructs women to stay indoors with their faces covered to keep a 'clear complexion'.
They should 'not go out except when necessary' and wear a niqab for 'rewards by complying with the command of Allah Almighty'.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/alqaida-glossy-advises-women-to-cover-up-and-marry-a-martyr-2240992.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365806/Glossy-Jihad-Cosmo-combines-beauty-tips-suicide-bombing-advice.html?ITO=1490

Actual magazine in Arabic for download, may be in breach of Al-Qaida copyright.
http://xxxxxxxxxxxx/AlshamikhaM.pdf

It would be suicidal to download it in that case. Their lawyers got their qualifications on a firing range.

Shenshen

Isn't it a bit early for April Fool's jokes?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Beauty and fashion tips for a woman who has to stay in doors and under covers? Am I missing something here?

WHat did they suggest - a ribbon in her hair for when the usband comes home?

The Waltzing Consumer

Got a fecking virus from that link OP! Don't open the actual magazine link, my anti-virus has just gotten very mad at me

biko

Removed link while I investigate, seems server is down anyway.

Ev84

Zebra3 wrote: »

Wonder what makes up the problem page?

Well, being an Al-Qaeda magazine, Probably anything about the western-world...

stovelid

Does my bomb look big in this?

dilallio

http://img200.imageshack.us/i/37413407673389909544104.jpg/

From this months issue of "Jihad Woman"


Do these 24 sticks of Dynamite Make Me Look Fat - 12 Questions you should never ask your Husband

Beauty beneath the Burkha - 10 makeup tips he'll never see

Transform that pile of rubble into The Cave of Your Dreams

Relationship Advice - How can I compete with 72 Virgins

From Blah to Ah! - 5 Quick & Easy recipes for left-over Humus

Baby's First Bomb-Vest - Fun and Easy Craft Projects

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

"How to marry a martyr"
Would have thought that would be a bit tricky, being that martyrs are usually dead...

thefinalstage

I did not get a virus....