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Misogyny and cultural “norms” subjugating women are widespread in much of the Islamic world. These include female genital mutilation, forced marriages, persecuting women for not dressing according to strict Islamic standards, “honor killings,” and much more.It’s no surprise then, but shocking and horrific nonetheless, that one “weapon” in Hamas’ inhuman massacre of over 1200 people in Israel on October 7, brutalizing thousands, and kidnapping more than 240, including young children and elderly women held hostage in Gaza, was the raping of Israeli women in the process. Underscoring that these are not individual criminal acts but part of something widespread and...

Israeli authorities are reporting that they have killed Ali Qadhi, the senior Hamas commander who executed the deadly attacks within Israel last Saturday. As videos showed, Hamas commandos paraglided into a music festival near the Gaza border and began killing people indiscriminately while taking others hostage. According to the Israeli Air Force, a drone strike was conducted that killed Qadhi based on recent intelligence of his whereabouts. The Israeli Air Force says it killed a senior commander in Hamas' commando forces, one who planned the terror attacks that massacred 1,300 Israelis on Oct. 7.The IAF said a drone strike killed...

To get a proper understanding of the mindset that Jesus was in as He presented the parable of the ten virgins, one must go back to Matthew chapter 23, where he said,"The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them. They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger." Matthew 23:2-4Jesus was chastising the...

At the end of the Olivet Discourse, Jesus Christ’s famous prophetic pronouncement of the signs of His return, He likens His listeners to ladies in waiting. This exclusive group being confessors of Christ that go out expectantly to meet him. Note that the parables of Jesus are only understood in light of the other related scriptures throughout the Bible since His purpose in using them is to hide His word from the unbelieving and faithless (Matthew 13:10). Understanding this parable requires us to to dig!Oil represents the Holy Spirit (1 Samuel 16:13). Lamps representing the word of God (Psalm 119:105)....

Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them...Jesus Christ gave us His Olivet Discourse to explain the signs signalling his immanent return. He warned that we will not know the day or the hour of His return, however we will know the general time (Matt 24:33). He likens those who hear him to young brides waiting for their bridegroom....

The parable of the virgins consist of ten virgins with oil lamps waiting for the bridegroom to appear. Five realize they did not have any oil and went to town to buy some. Meanwhile bridegroom comes and takes the five wise virgins into the house. The five foolish virgins initially witout oil returns and could not get into the house with the bridgroom saying he did not know the foolish virgin.(Matth 25:1-13) Some parables Jesus explains the symbolism, but this time He does not. It is easy to realize the wise virgins represent saved or chosen saints and the bridgroom...

Over at the Institute for Family Studies, Nicholas Wolfinger, a sociologist at the University of Utah, has found that Americans who have only ever slept with their spouses are most likely to report being in a “very happy” marriage. Meanwhile, the lowest odds of marital happiness—about 13 percentage points lower than the one-partner women—belong to women who have had six to 10 sexual partners in their lives. For men, there’s still a dip in marital satisfaction after one partner, but it’s never as low as it gets for women,... (Skip) In an earlier analysis, Wolfinger found that women with zero...

As many of you know, my post Men Prefer Debt-Free Virgins Without Tattoos went viral and is causing quite a stir. I should have definitely titled it “Godly Men Prefer Debt-Free Virgins Without Tattoos.” I want to make clear that the audience I teach are those young women who want to learn biblical womanhood as according to God’s instructions in Titus 2:3-5. They love the Lord and His beautiful ways.

Three women pause in prayer as they are consecrated to the Order of Virgins (CNS photo/Joel Breidenbach) The document says it is 'not essential' that a woman should have 'kept her body in perfect continence'The US Association of Consecrated Virgins has said it is “deeply disappointed” at new rules issued by the Vatican that appear to say consecrated virgins need not be virgins.The group has taken issue with section 88 of the new document, which states: “Thus to have kept her body in perfect continence or to have practiced the virtue of chastity in an exemplary way, while of...

To gain admittance to college in the 17th century, students had to be able to read and translate various Latin authors on sight. 100 years ago, students were required to have read various classical works before being admitted. Today, however, many American students are being admitted to colleges without ever having read a book from start to finish. They are part of a cohort of students known as “book virgins.” The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has pointed out this phenomenon in their recent report titled “Beach Books: 2014-2016. What Do Colleges and Universities Want Students to Read Outside Class?”...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Suffolk man has been charged with trying to help the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Court documents allege 26-year-old Lionel Nelson Williams knowingly ttried to “provide material support and resources” to the terrorist group. The documents, which were filed Thursday, cite several instances where Williams — who is also known as “Harun Ash-Shababi” — posted on social media and talked about the terror group. The FBI was informed in March of 2016 that Williams had been posting ISIL-related videos and content about supporting the group on his Facebook page. Williams allegedly posted...

Miss Japan (Miss World Pageant i2016 in Tokyo) More than forty per cent of young singletons in Japan are virgins, according to a new study that highlights concerns about the country's demographic challenges. Japan already suffers from the world's oldest population and a shrinking birthrate, with the government struggling to incentivise marriage and parenthood. Now a survey of unmarried people aged 18 to 34 found that around 42 per cent of men and 44.2 per cent of single women had never had sex. The study is carried out by Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security every five...

Ibrahim Barda'aya had turned 54 and he was still single so he decided to go out and kill some Jews. But Ibrahim wasn't just a violent anti-Semitic racist. He was also lonely. According to his Imam, he wanted to die and get his 72 virgins in the afterlife. And he had stayed single to avoid the temptations of earthly women so that he could enjoy the 72 virgins who are 90 feet tall and so "white" that you can see the "marrow of their bones," who never urinate or menstruate, get pregnant or complain. In Pakistan, an arrested suicide bomber...

Random question: Male suicide bombers (Jihadists) are rewarded in heaven with a bunch of virgins. Do the female Jihadists get the same reward? Just wondering.

Got to wondering how the female ISIS killer in San Bernardino gets to enjoy her 72 virgins? I may not be able to sleep tonight.

Hey, Mr. Jihadist, I have bad news for oyu about those 72 virgins. THEY'RE LESBIANS!

Only wound a Jew and you get a technical virgin.

(www.teenvogue.com) A common assumption in our society, especially among the educated classes, is that ignorance—of a religion, culture, or race—invariably begets hatred and prejudice. A corresponding assumption is that the more you understand the other, the less you will fear him. Of course, this notion can be easily debunked by pointing out that German Jews who understood what Nazism was all about had good reason to fear the Nazis. Likewise, Southern blacks who understood the true nature of the Ku Klux Klan were justifiably on their guard against the Klan. Ignorance can breed unwarranted fear, but sometimes ignorance can...

If a Muslim man lives according to the teachings of his religion, he will be rewarded with 72 virgin women. What happens when a Muslim man fails to live up to the teachings of his religion and goes to hell. A drinking buddy claims that in the Muslim hell, there 72 sexually experienced and well endowed gay men, and the Muslim man in hell gets to play the role of the virgin. Is this true?

The terror group strips girls naked, conduct virginity tests, and send them to slave auctions after they have attacked their villages, often killing their husbands, fathers and brothers ISIS terrorists are picking out the “prettiest virgins” from the women they capture and sending them to their Syrian stronghold to be sex slaves, according to a UN expert. And there are horrific reports about the fate of the brave women who resist the murderous terrorists - including one victim who was burned alive for refusing to perform “extreme sexual acts”. Fierce haggling usually breaks out at slave auctions, where the girls...