Ken Berwitz
Syrian men fleeing their war-torn home country are being criticised by the women \’left behind\’ to live in squalor in refugee camps.
When questioned about their feelings regarding the large number of men who have fled Syria for Europe without their wives and children, these women do not mince their words.
One woman accuse them of abandoning Syria in a time of crisis, while others stop short of calling them cowards by saying it is \’haram\’ – forbidden under Islam – to leave their country.
The women, interviewed by American video journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem, all live in a refugee camp in Syria, having left their home cities and villages during the four-year civil war.
\’We have a crisis here. So if they[the men] go, who will free us? Who will protect us?
We are their honor. We are their honour… Who will avenge [the martyred]?\’
\’By Allah, it is wrong! Isn\’t this wrong? It is wrong to leave your country and your family.
\’We[women] are bearing everything not to leave our country… it\’s harder than going to European countries, its hard.\’
Another adds: \’In my opinion it is haram [forbidden under Islamic law] to leave the country, they leave it when it is in a bad need.
I wonder if any of these women, or their children, ever seriously expect to see their husbands again. My suggestion to them – sadly – is that they better be prepared to move on, because these “brave warriors” have abandoned them for the free goodies they are getting in Europe.
What does “honor” mean to these so-called “men”, who waved buh-bye to the families who relied on them and headed for parts European? Now you know.
I wonder how many of them President Obama intends to import.
