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(IsraelNN.com) The Islamic group “Samuh al-Islam” has begun a campaign to find husbands for the widows of deceased terrorists, according to Omedia.  The group describes the campaign as an effort to revive an ancient Islamic custom.  The group’s religious leaders point out that Mohammed, who Muslims hail as a prophet, married the widow of a follower who died in battle, despite the fact that she was less attractive than his other wives.

Terrorists’ widows pose a challenge to the social structure in many areas, especially Palestinian Authority-controlled territories, where several thousand men have been killed while fighting the IDF or in armed clashes between various terror gangs.  The widows are often left with no source of income.  “Samuh al-Islam” will try to convince Muslim men to take them as second or third wives, in order to provide for them and their children and to increase the Muslim birthrate.