ISIS Leader Caught Without Underage Bride

Choudry expressed concern that such behavior on the part of Baghdadi might tarnish the name of Islam.

Somewhere near the Iraq/Syria border, February 3 – The head of the Islamic State found himself embroiled in a scandal today when visiting dignitaries from an allied militia found him with no underage girls forced into marriage with him.

The shadowy Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi was scheduled to meet with a delegation of representatives from several Iraqi and Syrian tribal associations, but Baghdadi failed to appear at the meeting as scheduled, and the delegation’s messengers to his accommodations in the area discovered him not only failing to engage in mistreatment of a minor bride, but failing to have one on the premises at all, let alone confined to kitchen and bedroom duties.

The messengers related that Baghdadi appeared slightly disoriented, but attributed his state to the early hour. The tribal delegation left without seeing him, apparently dismayed at the Islamic State leader’s behavior. The stability of relations between the central IS authority and the tribal areas remains uncertain as a result.

Several of the tribal leaders, who declined to be named out of concern for their safety, expressed confusion and disgust over the evident hypocrisy. “The Islamic State represents the first opportunity to implement a political system completely in line with authentic Islamic principles, and here we have its leader in blatant disregard of Islamic practice,” one lamented. “I personally made sure to rape four of my eleven-year-old wives in preparation for this meeting, and this is the thanks I get.” He expressed concern over the future of the Islamic State as a political entity if it failed to uphold such basic values.

Another leader, speaking under the same conditions, agreed. “One of the Umma’s great objections to the existing tyrants is their failure to adopt or give sufficient respect to Shariia,” he argued, using the terms for the Islamic collective and Islamic law, respectively. “Let’s just say we had higher hopes than this for Abu-Bakr himself.”

Anjem Choudry, a London-based imam with known sympathies for the Islamic State, questioned the reports. “These ‘anonymous sources’ – do they happen to be on the payroll of Israeli or American agents?” he challenged. “There are many, many forces who would want to undermine Abu Bakr’s legitimacy in any way possible. Do not be so quick to accept such slanders,” he admonished.

Choudry expressed concern that such behavior on the part of Baghdadi might tarnish the name of Islam.