President Duterte ridiculed the Islamic State’s (ISIS’) supposed method of recruiting members by the promise of 42 virgins in heaven if they got killed in their wars. He made the statement in a business forum before potential Indian investors Friday afternoon. Duterte was in India for the 2018 India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit. According to the President, the Daesh ideology is bankrupt and joked that he would rather have his virgins while he is alive instead of in the afterlife. Activist group Akbayan Women slammed President Rodrigo Duterte after he joked about “42 virgins” as a “come-on” to visit the Philippines. They called him an “international embarrassment” and said that he “has no respect for Filipino women.”. The comments do not mark the first time Duterte has made off-color remarks deemed offensive to women. In July 2017, Duterte said he would congratulate someone who raped an international pageant winner.