The Islamic State group's radio station Al-Bayan has launched a phone-in show called 'Agony Uncle' where terrorists and sympathisers/supporters of the Isis can get their personal problems answered.
Al-Bayan broadcasts in territories of Iraq that are controlled by Isis. It recently launched 'Agony Uncle' — a programme that translates as 'Fatwas Over the Airwaves' — where clerics play the role of 'Agony Uncle' and provide answers to questions on Islamic law, the Press Trust of India reported quoting the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). It added that the exact date of the 'fatwa' broadcast on the radio station was not known.
There were several questions that were asked on the show, mostly concerning women. One such question was whether women were allowed to watch the terrorist organisation's videos.
"It is easy to understand why the question came up: The videos' extremely violent content is likely seen by many in conservative Muslim circles as inappropriate for women. It appears, though, that the person who asked the question and the scholar who issue the ruling are concerned with issues of modesty stemming from women watching videos featuring men," MEMRI said.
The MEMRI said that the answer to the question was: "Some of the scholars have tended not to permit women to look at male strangers at all, and some of them have tended to prohibit women from looking at male strangers if this was out of desire or at a time or place ripe for temptation."
"However, if the looking is devoid of these things, it is permissible (according to the second group of scholars), and this is the correct stance to which the textual proofs point... Since women were ordered to conceal themselves from men, and men were not ordered to do this, therefore it is fundamentally permissible for the Muslim women to watch Islamic State videos, even if they contain sermons, military preparation, or combat by the men of the Islamic State," the transcript said, according to MEMRI.
