"An Islamic cleric has cleared
the path for rebels in Syria, who are trying to oust President Bashar Assad, to
rape women, so long as they’re non-Sunni. Salafi Sheikh Yasir al-Ajlawni, who
hails from Jordan but who lived in Damascus for 17 years, sent a message via
YouTube: It's a "legitimate fatwa" for Muslims waging war against Mr. Assad and
trying to put in place a Sharia government to "capture and have sex with"
Alawites and other non-Sunni, non-Muslim women".