Muslim’s should have a deep knowledge of this story because it explains Imaan in its true and greatest form. Its lessons are so vast and numerous that they can be applied in every situation a believer finds himself or herself in.

Note: Students should be taught that the point of these wars was not war in itself. The Muslims were aggressed against in this battle yet they maintained complete justice. Allah says in the Qur’aan: 

Removing curtains of Arab harems – V

August 27, 2011

Interestingly enough, though Saudis officially abolished slavery in 1962 at the face of international outcry, but many Muslims in the Arab world are now demanding return of the slavery system. While slavery is well established by Sharia rules, many Muslim scholars of today’s world argue to accept the fact that sex slavery is also endorsed by Sharia. Sex slavery though sound to be something of bad taste to civilized people in the world, such slavery are even accepted by many of the Arab women, who believe their men must enjoy as many as concubines, made available through sex slavery for prolonged manhood and vigor.

Making of the devil:

In most of the Arab affluent societies, especially within the royals, when a boy reaches his 7^th birthday, two or three foreign female maids are recruited for him. Most of such females are from countries like Tunisia, Morocco and African continent. The female maids for this special purpose are required to be within the age limit of 18-25. These women are given responsibilities of increasing manhood and vigor of the boy-child and well make him sexually strong. On each morning, the child is offered various types of fruit juice and soup. During night, before going to bed, these women give a special massage on the boy’s genital with a lotion made of honey and saffron. Such massage continues for 30-40 minutes and after this, the infant is offered a glass of milk mixed with musk. Such process continues for 3-4 years, till the boy starts feeling sexual pleasure. At this time, the maids are obliged to offer him oral pleasure as well as in some cases, sexual intercourse. Some of the oil-rich sheikhs dream of their son becoming adult by sleeping on the nude females. That is why, some of the female maids, who are hired to serve the young boys are required to be totally naked and sleep with the boy. Some of the rowdy Arab fathers even ask the maids about the ‘vigor’ of his son while having sexual intercourse. In this process, by the time the boy turns 18, he is a real devil and lady-eater maniac.

Perversion:

Recently, statement of a Kuwaiti woman named Salwa al-Mutairi who is called an “activist” and former candidate to the Kuwaiti parliament, spoke to the Kuwait Times about the establishment of a new law permitting men to buy and sell non-Muslim girls, captured in jihad, as sexual slaves in order to protect Muslim men against seductive sexual immorality. She advocates allowing Kuwaiti Muslim men to have non-Muslim females as slave girls and have sexual pleasure on them, without marriage, which is permitted by Quran. It is allowed for Muslim men to have sex with slave-girls without marriage. She was especially interested in Russian slave girls since Muslim men do prefer them blond – Russian, European and American blond women. Mutairi is not the only Muslim woman demanding return of sex-slavery and using ‘non-Muslim’ women as the ‘object of sacrifice’ in the harems of Muslim men, there are many Muslims like her in the Arab world in particular who advocate “rape of Jewish females”.

Mutairi, defending her claim gave the example of 8th century Islamic ruler Haroun al-Rashid, who ruled over an area covered by modern-day Iran, Iraq and Syria and was said to have 2,000 concubines. She recommended that offices could be opened to run the sex trade in the same way that recruitment agencies provide housemaids.

She suggested shopping for prisoners of war so as to protect Kuwaiti men from being tempted to commit adultery or being seduced by other women’s beauty.

“For example, in the Chechnyan war, surely there are female Russian captives. So go and buy those and sell them here in Kuwait. Better than to have our men engage in forbidden sexual relations.”

In an attempt to consider the woman’s feelings in the arrangement, Mutari conceded that the enslaved women, however, should be at least 15. Mutairi said free women must be married with a contract but with concubines “the man just buys her and that’s it. That’s enough to serve as marriage.”

It may be mentioned here that, similar type of marriage on contract or temporary marriage [known as Muta’aa] is very much in practice inside Iran. According to Iranian law, such marriages are legal. Though, scholars of Sunni sect of Muslims oppose such temporary marriages. But, Sharia law does permit keeping sex-slaves.

Mutairi also endorsed it in her statement. She said that during a recent visit to Mecca, she asked Saudi muftis – Muslim religious scholars – what the Islamic ruling was on owning sex slaves. They are said to have told her that it is not haram [forbidden]. The ruling was confirmed by ‘specialized people of the faith’ in Kuwait, she claimed.

“They said, that’s right, the only solution for a decent man who has the means, who is overpowered by desire and who does not want to commit fornication, is to acquire jawari.” [Jawari is the plural of the Arabic term jariya, meaning ‘concubine’ or ‘sex slave].

While most of the Kuwaiti people have strongly reacted to Mutairi’s comment, labeling her as ignorant and “mad”, the Sharia and Arab conception of relations between men and women is strange enough. It says Muslim women should never choose their lovers as it is the exclusive right of the men. Sharia considers women as “play ground for men”.

It may be mentioned here that, in Arab world, Christian girls in particular are abducted by the Muslim men, forcefully married and after bearing couple of children are disposed off like trash. Egyptian law does not allow these girls to be back to Christianity while the kids get their father’s religion. Such trends of abducting non-Muslim girls are continuing in most of the Muslim nations. In Bangladesh alone, during 2009-2010, more than one thousand Hindu girls were abducted and forcefully converted into Islam. In most cases, law enforcing agencies decline to register any complaint of the parents or guardians of the abducted girl. Every year, at least a few thousand non-Muslim girls are forcibly converted into Islam. Surprisingly enough, while the law turns blind eyes on such notoriety; some of the Islamic NGOs continue to provide findings to those Muslim men, marrying a non-Muslim girl, thus actually, encouraging such abduction and forceful conversion.

September 1, 2011

Prostitution, brothel, pimping, nightclubs, cabarets, bars and pubs are unofficially legal in Lebanon, similarly as a number of Muslim nations. Amongst the Arab nations, Lebanon is known as “Brothel Country”, where prostitution and brothels are found almost everywhere. Twenty minutes north of Beirut, in the Christian heartland of Lebanon is Jounieh, the country’s little Las Vegas, where dozens of “super nightclubs,” Lebanon’s equivalent of strip clubs, line the main street. At least 9,000 females from Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Dominican Republic are working in the Lebanese adult entertainment industry, consisting more than 150 “super nightclubs”. According to Lebanese immigration law, these foreign girls are allowed to work inside the night clubs as “artists”. In addition to tourists, Lebanese men visit these brothels for casual sex instead of having extra wives. Lebanese men like the blondes, mostly from ex-Soviet republics and the average age of the customers range between 40-60 years. There is also substantial demand for women from Lebanon itself [though it is legally forbidden for Lebanese women to be engaged in sex industry] as well as Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Palestinian who also engage in a large number in sex industry.

Lebanon, a country where pre-marital sex is still frowned upon and where a young couple kissing in the street may be reprimanded by police, female sex workers – some of whom are still legally minors – can sometimes be seen on the hunt for wealthy clients, particularly men from the oil-rich Gulf seeking an outlet in a country dubbed the most liberal in the Arab world.

Lebanese super nightclubs are actually the pick up point of girls. Men are not allowed to speak with “artists” inside the super nightclubs unless they pay for it. Customers pick the woman they want to talk to by walking through the club or seeing the woman dance or perform on stage. Many clubs offer a “cabaret” beginning at midnight, where women perform dance routines to European and Arabic music and swing on polls dressed in a variety of tight, low-cut and short-skirted costumes. In order to speak with one of the female artists, a customer must order “champagne” or “picolot,” and select the woman he wants to sit at his table. The champagne has nothing to do with a bottle of alcohol: the term is merely super nightclub-speak for having one of the artists sit at a customer’s table for exactly an hour and a half. A “picolot” is similar “code” for having a woman sit with a customer for a half hour. Champagne usually costs around US$60 to US$80, and a picolot around US$30 to US$35. A customer may negotiate one or two drinks to be included in the cost of the “Champagne”. A “Picolot” usually includes one drink. The super nightclubs are not cheap places to grab a drink without sitting with a woman: a can of beer costs US$15. Once the women are ordered, they arrive at the customer’s table, sit down and strike up conversation. A waiter brings drinks. Few of the women speak English, but as one of the female “artists” at a super nightclub said, “Many Lebanese speak Russian.”

Often the women immediately initiate physical contact with a customer by putting a hand or arm on the man’s leg. Kissing is permitted in super nightclubs, as is light petting, but anything beyond that is strictly prohibited by most clubs, since it could get them in trouble with General Security. But with the purchase of “champagne,” a customer also purchases the right to make a “date” with the woman, supposedly with her consent, within a week of the purchase. The date is often code for sex. When an Executive staff member visited a super nightclub posing as a customer, Julia, the Dominican artist, made it very clear what services she could provide beyond dancing and sitting with customers.

If the customer purchased “Champagne”, he can spend exactly an hour and half with the woman enjoying drinks and talking. But sex inside the nightclubs is not permitted. Once the customer settles the “date” with the girl, she will meet him at customer’s own place or a place arranged by the super nightclub management. Generally girls are allowed to “date” with the customers during 1:00 – 8:00 pm, as according to Lebanese regulations, the “artists” are supposed to be available at the super nightclubs between 8:00 pm to 5:00 am. It is also mandatory for them to be available at the hotel they stay between 5:00 am to 1:00 pm, which allows the Lebanese police to keep the industry tightly regulated; it also allows the club owners to dominate the women’s lives and restrict their movement. To safeguard their investment, super nightclub owners keep a tight leash on their “product.” Club owners take their female employees’ passports, and it is regular practice for owners to lock the doors of the hotel between 5:00 am and 1:00 pm.

According to official estimation, every year more than 3 million pleasure-seeking tourists arrive in Lebanon, which is known as “Boobs and Booze Tourism”. Approximately 150,000 local and foreign “artists” are engaged in Lebanon’s ever-flourishing flesh industry. The billions of dollars generated by tourism are estimated to have contributed up to 25 percent of Lebanon’s GDP, although there are no precise figures available. Economists say the benefits are mainly being captured by wealthy elite of hotel, restaurant and beach club owners.

The nightclubs’ owners characterize their sector as a legitimate and legal business model that presents entertainment and brings women and men together. The super nightclub business is regulated by the government, with permits given by the Ministry of Tourism and oversight by General Security. A small super nightclub in Lebanon engages minimum 15-20 women while they have 15-20 customers buying “Champagne”.

A permit for a super nightclub is a one-time cost of US$1,000. Nightclubs pay the women anywhere from US$800 to US$1,200 per month, depending on their ability to dance and perform. A woman also receives US$5 for each “Champagne” she is hired for, and US$3 for every “picolot” sold to her customer. They can make up to US$400 to US$500 a month extra from the ‘bottles’ they sell. Owners must deposit around US$650 at General Security for each woman. Clubs must also pay around US$2,500 per month for the hotel where the women live. There are “two to four women per room, each one gets a bed, and some hotels have seven different clubs renting out the hotel rooms.

Club owners find women from around the globe through the use of what are called “impresarios.” These are the middlemen, the agents who find women in their home countries and arrange for them to come to Lebanon. George says he pays an agency based in Eastern Europe between US$200 and US$400 a month to find artists. Thousands of agencies are working in favor of Lebanese super nightclubs, that collects photograph and CVs of the girls and send them to the owners of the clubs in Lebanon for approval. In most cases, intending girls are required to provide their full nude pictures in different directions for such approval process.

Once recruited, women are required to pay for their air passage, while the recruiter pays for visa and medical fees which include a periodic mandatory pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease test. These women are issued six months visa to stay in Lebanon, under “artist” category. Most of the club owners either return the girls in 3-4 months, while there also is inter-exchange of girls within the clubs. In most cases, on an average, a woman makes US$ 100-200 a day from selling sex to customers during her free time, while she earns around US$ 300 a day from the club. During free time, generally the women sell sex for US$ 100 for every 30 minutes. In addition to prostitution under the cover of super nightclubs, there also is street-prostitutes, most of whom are locals and some are Syrians and Sudanese. A local hooker paddles sex on the street to customers for US$ 5-20. There also are some super nightclubs in Lebanon, which either has hotels right on the next door or maintain “special rooms” at the backyard, which is used by the customers for having sex with the woman picked up from the club. Such special rooms cost between US$ 30-50. In addition to the street-side hookers, there also are “high-class prostitutes” in Lebanon, who mostly target oil-rich Arab sheikhs. These high class prostitutes live in luxurious apartments, with chauffer-driven cars, thus entertaining the Arab sheikhs for a US$ 1000-1500 per night. Many of such high-class prostitution continue under the garb of escort service, interpreter service or even meditation centers.

ANNOUNCEMENT: This is the sixth instalment of the serialized write-up on untold facts about the Arab world. There will be 25-30 such articles on the same topic and title, to be published by the coming months. Any publication company, willing to acquire the publication right of the total set for later publishing a book named “Removing curtains of the Arab harems” may contact: edifrontline @ yahoo.com for further details.

Reference

August 27, 2011 Reference Click Image to Enlarge Mary Doreen, a Western nurse, who lived in Saud Arabia for many years, wrote a book on her experiences while working at King Faisal Specialized Hospital and Research Center. Describing the minds of Saudi men, she wrote: “Some Saudis believe that they must have sex five times a day, either before or after prayer. When a woman is menstruating, she is considered ‘unclean’, and it is forbidden for a man to have sexual relations with her. If all his wives are menstruating at the same time, [which frequently happens when several women live together], it is a man’s duty to seek sexual gratification outside of the home. A proud Saudi man wouldn’t defile a Saudi woman, and if a slave or servant or foreign national prostitute is unavailable, he thinks nothing of traveling to Egypt, UAE or Thailand. Sexually transmitted disease is rampant within the country.” Doreen also wrote quoting Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan, a revered religious clergy in Saudi Arabia, who said “is part of jihad and jihad will remain as long as there is Islam.” So, does it mean, the members of the Saudi royal family as well as Saudi aristocrats are having slaves, although the Saudi rulers always continue to vehemently deny the existence of any slaves [in 1962, King Faisal abolished slavery in Saudi Arabia by royal decree] in that country. But in reality, women and girls from Third World countries are purchased to serve in aristocratic households throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They come from the Sudan, Tunisia, Thailand, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines. Most of the poor parents or legal guardians of the females sell their girls and women to members of Saudi royals or even Saudi aristocrats, thinking, their children will live in luxury and comfort. A Saudi rich man, who purchases a female slave, believes that he has performed a charitable act by rescuing a family from abject poverty while delivering his slave into a fate worse that death. He brings the young girls into his harem, dump them in the basements. The slave is provided food and little bit of comfort, in exchange, she is regularly raped by her master and other male members of the family, as well tortured and persecuted by mostly female members of the family. This type of cases of slavery is not rare in Arab world, and of course Saudi Arabia is no exception. But on the other hand, such cases mostly get buried into bunch of wrong, false or bullying information packed into various websites. One such site has given series of descriptions on wrong sexuality of the Saudi royals, which will surely be proved as false propaganda of extremely naïve hands.Here is another site which also fails to give any credible information on sexual abuse inside Saudi Palaces and harems of the Saudi sheikhs. For the sake of credibility and accuracy of information, such websites should always be ignored as source of information, for knowing about sexual abuse of women inside Arab harems. It should also be mentioned here that, some of the information in these sites may be even wrongly described or half-truth. The Philippines government, responding to dozens of tragic cases of maltreatment, has warned young women going to work as maids in Saudi Arabia that they will be sexually harassed by Saudi men and slapped and tortured by their Saudi mistresses. The labor ministry says “You have to ward off advances by your master, his brother, son and other male members of the household.” In 1982, a Miami judge issued a warrant to search Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz’s 24th-floor penthouse to determine if he was holding an Egyptian woman, Nadia Lutefi Mustafa, as sex slave, against her will. Prince Turki and his French bodyguards prevented a search from taking place, and then won retroactive diplomatic immunity to forestall any legal unpleasantness. Wealth and Privileges of Saudi Princes: In late 1960s King Faisal issued a decree that every inch land of the country that was not officially registered to a private individual belonged to the Saudi royal family. Thus the entire country is treated as private property of the Royal family. The King distributed much of the land to royal family members. Princes sold some of the land back to the state and some to the public, but most they kept for themselves. Inside major cities or out in the remote desert, the country’s vast landmass remains private property of the Princes now numbering over 5000. They also treat entire Saudi oil revenues as their private wealth. Every Prince or princess is entitled to a monthly salary starting the date of his/her birth. Minimum monthly salary for the prince is US$ 150K while princess is US$ 50K, which starts on the moment of their birth and continues up to their 11th birthday. Then the salary amount is re-adjusted with higher amount. And, the money accrued, up to their 11th birthday is either invested in business in Saudi Arabia or in some of the Western countries. This way, each of the Saudi princes, before reaching their 16th birthday, already turn into a multi-millionaire. The closer the relation to Late King Abdul Aziz, the higher is the salary. Like, immediate descendants of late King Abdul Aziz receive a 7 digit [millions] salary each month. The Princes are paid separate Salary for each of their official position. Like Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, reportedly holds over 60 separate positions in addition to chairing dozens committees, entitling him to separate salary for every position. Governors are entitled to a special additional payment of Saudi Riyal 1 billion annually to be used at their discretion. In addition, every Prince is entitled to a Luxurious Private Palace or money to build the Palace of his choice, as well as cash from birth to buy expensive cars and other luxuries. Literally every thing is supplied to the Prince free from the State, like electricity, water, medical, security, education, etc. All State developmental contracts are essentially awarded to the companies owned by the Princes. Similarly, their business establishments and other incomes are free from State control and taxes. Anything coming into Saudi Arabia under the name of a Prince via air or sea is not checked by any Government Agency. And what is the current size of Saudi royal family? According to information, up to April 1995, Prince Saud married into more than 30 tribes with 42 sons and 125 daughters. It was claimed that, the prince had married at least 1,400 women. The size of the royal family now should be somewhere above 50,000 members. Almost all the male members of the Saudi royals are polygamists. It will be totally difficult to identify even a couple of princes in the Saudi royal family, who has just one wife and 5-6 children. In most nominal cases, it will be 10-15 wives with at least 3-35 kids. Daily Reckoning reports: “Not many people know that over 90 percent of Saudi oil comes from six oilfields discovered before 1970’s. Experts argue that these oilfields are now well past their prime. Ghawar oil field is the super giant and has provided 55-60 percent of Saudi oil over the past five decades! According to experts, Ghawar is past its peak already and likely to enter into a major decline. Matthew Simmons, Chairman of Simmons and Company International, an investment bank specializing in oil industry says that “Saudi fields are aging much faster. The Saudis need to strip water out of nearly every well and this is a sign that Saudi fields are aging much faster than the industry has planned for.” Jasmine Revolution and Revelations: The spreading fire of ‘Jasmine Revolution’ in the Arab world is not only succeeding in collapsing one-after-another authoritarian regimes, but, with the fall of those autocrats, the world is getting information about the hidden sexualities inside the harems. And it is visible that, rulers in the Arab world are already sweating due to the spread of Jasmine Revolution in nations. For example, Iranian theocrats claim that the popular uprising against their allies in Syria is masterminded by Israel and West. Saudis and Bahrain’s despots claim that the popular uprising in Bahrain is masterminded by Iranian mullahs. King of Saudi Arabia announced early last February that those behind the Egyptian uprising were “foreign infiltrators” and agents. Libya’s Qaddafi even claimed that the rebels were on drugs and affiliated with al-Qaeda. Egypt’s old security agents declared [and some in the military apparently agreed] that the young protesters were high on drugs and free sex. Saudi palace Salafi clerics declared that it is against God and Islam to protest against the regime.

There is a dichotomy, between professing to be a Muslim, and being True Muslim in Fact, Word, and Deed.  A Muslim who follows the Deen of Peace taught by a humble Prince of Piety from the Deserts of Arabia, the One and Only Beloved Prophet of Islam, Muhammad(Peace be Upon him).  He promoted Peace among all his contemporaries, the Christians, the Jews, the Romans, and the rest.  Muslims today follow Mammon.  The are obssesed with possessions, especially a narcotic addiction to women.  The sexual addictions of Muslims from the Sultan of Brunei to the Sheikhs of Saudi Kingdom to lowly laborers roaming the Thailand’s whore houses. 

When there is a gap between belief and practice, new and violently fanatically reform movements are born, who distort the True Message of Islam, the Deen of Al-Salam to their own power grabbing objectives. Bin Ladin and Mulla Omer are not an anomaly, but a part of reaction, to the distortion of Islam by practicing Muslims.  Instead of living in Peace with Ahl-Kitab and other minorities, these reactionaries want to shoove down the throat of others, their own version of distorted doctrine, which is light years away from trur teachings of Islam, as taught by Allah, to the simple Man of Peace, Nabi-i-Karim (SAW).

August 22, 2011

White prostitution is considered to be serious offense according to laws in Libya, a country which was ruled by Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, largely known as Muammar Gaddafi, for 42 plus years, Gaddafi and his sons were maintaining private brothels under the cover of ranch, which were fabulous decorated with gold-platted fittings and interiors. Gaddafi was also maintaining several high-profile pimps, who were actively busy in recruiting girls for the Libyan dictator.

The female bodyguard contingent of Gaddafi became topic of the media. A group of few dozens of carefully recruited female commandoes were always guarding the Libyan dictator. All of his girls were said to swear an oath that they would give their lives for him and it was claimed they never left his side, night or day, and he insisted they remain virgins. There was no shortage of volunteers for what was seen as a prestigious job. Total number of these “Sweet 72” or “Killer Beauties” were though never disclosed, it was leaked one of Gaddafi’s ex-girlfriends that, during every 8-hours, there was a contingent of 72 virgins, guarding the Libyan autocrat.

A special training college was putting the recruits through a tough physical program and girls who did not drop out emerged as trained killers, experts in firearms and martial arts. Gaddafi made the final selection and, despite his insistence that his guards were chaste, rumors abounded that he was demanding their sexual favors. Gaddafi regularly used to spend evening with his “Sweet 72” or “Killer Beauties” consuming expensive alcoholic beverage and watching Hollywood actions movies.

In 1998 one of them was killed and seven others wounded when Islamic fundamentalists in Libya ambushed the Colonel’s motorcade. The dead girl, Aisha, rumoured to be his favourite, threw herself across Gaddafi’s body to stop the bullets. And for such act of “patriotism” Gaddafi gave US$ 2 million as compensation to the family of Aisha.

This is not the only case! All the members of the Gaddafi’s “Sweet 72” or “Killer Beauties” regiment were regularly compensated with cash or jewelry by the autocrat. Families of these beauties were helped by the Libyan authorities in starting businesses or even settling in the West. Actually the shrewd Gaddafi always wanted to make the members of this deadly contingent extremely loyal and happy on him.

Though official news media in Libya continued to claim that, Gaddafi was like “father” to these killer galls, in reality, he was like a “god-father” to them. One of the ex-bodyguards of Gaddafi even said that, the members of the “Sweet 72” or “Killer Beauties” regiment were considering Gaddafi as their husband and the only “love” on the earth. “Though his skin looked little bit aged, Gaddafi was really an ever-young man. He always made his babes totally satisfied and happy with his passionate love”, the ex-bodyguard said.

Libya has also been used as a safe haven for human traffickers, who had been using Malta transit route to traffic people to mainly Italy and other European destinations. Amongst these trafficked people, a large proportion is females, mostly from African continent. African pimps recruit young women born in poor families from Sub Saharan Africa, promising a job in Italy. Despite the promises, girls will never go to Italy and will end their journey prostituting themselves to regain their freedom. African illegal residents walk around Medina square, in the heart of Tripoli, Libya’s capital. People coming from Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana and Sierra Leone live here, waiting for the departure to Italy across the sea. At night time, they sleep in abandoned houses or inside cars. During the day, they approach other people, particularly the black ones. “May I do something for you? Are you interested in?” they ask in English or in Arabic.

The girls from Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana and Sierra Leone are brought into Libya on to their final destination to Italy by gang of human traffickers. These unfortunate females are forced into prostitution in Libya as well in Italy for paying the cost, the traffickers demand from them for transporting them up to Italy. Describing the sordid story, a Nigerian young girl, aged around 19 told reporters in Tripoli: “We have been carried here by women that promised to help us to cross the sea that leads to Italy. In the meantime, we have to prostitute ourselves to repay the money they spent to take us here from Nigeria. We will continue prostituting ourselves in Italy too, because we need to find the money we have to give them to be free from debts.”

These girls travelled by foot to reach Libya, crossing the borders many times. By selling their body, they gain freedom but they go on prostituting themselves with the hope of earning enough to cross the Mediterranean. And most of the girls get infected into sexually transmitted diseases or even HIV much before they finally reach Italy. A few thousand African girls enter Italy illegally every year, mostly via Libya, as this is considered to be one of the best and safest transit point for trafficking people to Italy.

Nigeria and Italy are heavily affected by the problem of human trafficking in minors and girls for sexual exploitation. Sexual exploitation includes exploitation of prostitution, and pornography. It is estimated that Nigerian and Albanian citizens make up a sizeable proportion of immigrant women brought to Italy for the purposes of prostitution. Trafficking of women to Italy dates back to the end of the 1980s when the fear of AIDS rendered drug-addicted Italian girls unattractive on the prostitution market and the first Nigerian girls began to appear on the streets, especially in central and northern Italy. Nigerians thus constituted Italy’s first cohort of “forced prostitutes”, they are now numerous throughout the whole country. Trafficking in Nigerian minors and women into Italy for prostitution started around the second half of the 1980s, following the economic difficulties caused by the structural adjustment program. They started leaving the country on promises of fantastic and well-paying jobs in Europe, in factories, offices and farms. They arrived in Italy only to find themselves sold into sexual slavery. They were forced to engage in prostitution.

Some have estimated that about 80 percent of girls and women trafficked into Italy from Nigeria are from Edo State. This is curious because traditionally this ethnic group does not encourage prostitution. Girls and women trafficked from Nigeria are often made to undergo some rites in order not to reveal the identity of their traffickers and madams to the Police and to pay their “debts” without creating problems.