Doesn’t he know that honor killing is a cultural practice that has nothing to do with Islam? No, he doesn’t, because it isn’t. The problem with the “Islamophobia” narrative that Islamic supremacists retail in the West is that it keeps running up against the reality of Islamic teachings and how Muslims act upon them. “Former Pakistani Lawmaker Denounces Secular Education for Women, Justifies Honor Killings: ‘Killing of Women In the Name of Honor Is a “Local Custom and Religious Practice,”‘ Warns Female Western NGO Staff that They will Be Captured and Given Away as Brides,” from MEMRI, May 8:
…On the Modesty Code for Women and Secular Education: “It’s Beghairti
(Immodesty) to Equip Girls With A Secular Education”; “If A Woman Gets
Education, She Would Also Seek A Job, Which Islam Doesn’t Allow”“It’s beghairti (immodesty) to equip girls with a secular
education”¦. The Kohistani parents who are sending their girls to schools
are acting against ‘Islamic Shariah’ and the local customs”¦. The
Kohistani culture does not allow parents to send their pardadar (modest) girls to schools.”[5]“The ‘secular’ education of women is against Islamic injunctions”¦ If
a woman gets education, she would also seek a job, which Islam doesn’t
allow in any way”¦.”[6]“Getting education for degrees by women is repugnant to Islamic
injunctions, because if a woman gets a degree, she may use it for job,
an act which Islam doesn’t allow in absence of mehram (close relatives)”¦.”[7]“Several Hadith books [i.e. those containing reports of deeds and
sayings of Prophet Muhammad] prohibit girls from receiving degrees and
certificates in ‘secular education'”¦. Formal education paves the way for
girls to enter the job market.”[8]On Men’s Role Vis-Ã -vis Women: “The Only
Responsibility Men Owe to Women is Sustenance, Not Education”¦. In
Return, the Women should Stay at Home and Look After Their Children”“When they [i.e. male members of a family] permit their women to work, they give them a free hand to mix with na-mehrum (men to whom they are not related blood) — by doing so, the girl’s father, brother or husband become dayoos [someone who accepts the wrongdoings of female family members] in the eye of the shari’a“¦.”[9]
“Such people will never enter Paradise”¦.[10]
“The only responsibility men owe to women is sustenance, not
education”¦. In return, the women should stay at home and look after
their children and relatives”¦.”[11]“Killing of women in the name of honor is a ‘local custom and
religious practice’ in Kohistan”¦. If someone witnesses female relatives
roaming with ghair mehram (other than close relatives), he can
kill her without producing four witnesses [as required under Islamic law
for such a punishment].”[12]…