Al-Qaeda to women: be traditional, not a feminist

The al-Qaeda woman should not exactly be a revolutionary.

A magazine affiliated with the terrorist organization advised women not to be modern “of the ‘strong, independent’ variety,” according to a report in the Sunday Times of London.

“Marriage is not a 50-50 egalitarian partnership of two leaders,” a magazine tip says. “Your husband is the leader. Sit back and enjoy it.”

The guidance was shared in the latest edition of the magazine Ibnat al-Islam, which is Arabic for “Daughter of Islam,” the newspaper reported.

The female author of the article, who used an alias, told readers “Ladies, we need to detox – we need to unlearn the toxic and damaging messages we’ve been programmed to believe by feminism.”

She advised that women choose to be wives and mothers, not “corporate slaves.” and as a wife, “you are not in charge.”

One terrorism expert told the newspaper that al-Qaeda and other extremists may feel threatened by an increase in women refusing to be treated as inferior beings.

“I think they are genuinely scared that these ideas could start to take root,” said Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, a senior research fellow at Oxford University who monitors jihadist propaganda.