Sometimes real life is far weirder than any parody The Onion can come up with. Al-Qaida has launcned a "Jihad Cosmo" magazine with beauty and fashion tips along with advice on suicide bombings.
Readers are told it is their duty to raise children to be mujahideen ready for jihad.
And the 'beauty column' instructs women to stay indoors with their faces covered to keep a 'clear complexion'.
They should 'not go out except when necessary' and wear a niqab for 'rewards by complying with the command of Allah Almighty'.
So, women can raise suicide-bominbg jihadists without giving up those all-important beauty tips. And if they live in Saudi Arabia, they might even be able to drive soon. Who says civilization doesn't march on?
