Rape Jihad

Rape Jihad is a neologism that refers to the sexual exploitation of non-Muslim girls by Muslims in an organized manner. The nature of exploitation ranges from rape, abduction, sex grooming, sexual slavery, forced conversion or forced marriage to Muslim men.

The term was coined by Robert Spencer to describe the role of rape in jihad. He cited the examples of rapes during Beslan massacre and sexual slavery of black Muslim women in Darfur as rapes committed during jihad. Later on, during the investigation and trials of the sex grooming cases in the UK, the term has been increasingly used to describe the crimes. Hindu human rights groups have used the term to describe the abduction, forced conversion and marriage of Hindu girls to Muslim men in Pakistan.