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New York: Muslim who beat his wife to death for not serving him goat dinner says he had right to “discipline” her

Jul 12, 2014 10:44 am By Robert Spencer

05_Noorhusseinbklyncourt_RH.JPG“He maintained she ‘disrespected’ him by swearing and believed he was entitled to ‘discipline’ his wife of 21 years.” And he was: “Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them.” (Qur’an 4:34)

Islamic scholars, of course, generally say that Qur’an 4:34 only allows men to discipline their wives by beating them lightly, so as not to leave a mark. The problem is that “lightly” is in the eye of the beholder, and once the principle that a woman can be “disciplined” by violence is allowed, the door is opened to what happened to Nazar Hussain.

“Pakistani jailed 18 years to life for wife’s NY murder,” AFP, July 10, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

NEW YORK: A US judge sentenced an elderly Pakistani-American to 18 years to life in prison Wednesday for murdering his wife in New York after she refused to cook him a goat supper.

Noor Hussain, 75, was convicted of second degree murder for killing Nazar in April 2011 as she lay in bed in their Brooklyn apartment after subjecting her to years of abuse.

Frail and with medical problems, Wednesday’s sentencing from Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Matthew D’Emic means that Hussain will likely die behind bars, though he will be eligible for parole after 18 years.

District attorney Kenneth Thompson welcomed the tough penalty.

“This defendant viciously attacked his wife as she lay in bed, unable to defend herself,” he said. “Now the defendant has been held accountable for this brutal and cowardly act.”

Thompson said Hussain “viciously” beat 66-year-old Nazar, his third wife, to death. The medical examiner’s office said she had been battered more than 20 times.

She died of a fatal brain hemorrhage.

Hussain admitted only to striking her with a wooden stick after she made lentils rather than the goat dinner he wanted.

He maintained she “disrespected” him by swearing and believed he was entitled to “discipline” his wife of 21 years.

The harrowing trial saw photographs of Nazar’s swollen, bruised face, and of her body lying on a blood-stained bed next to a blood-soaked bedroom wall in the couple’s modest apartment.

Neighbor Safida Khan told the court she heard the Hussains argue for years, and that she twice intervened.

She testified hearing Nazar “crying and yelling” and her husband “cursing and shouting” on the day she died.

Relatives said Hussain moved to the United States more than 30 years ago in search of a better life and worked at a gas station.

Hussain had faced a maximum sentence of 25 years to life.

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  1. Ralph says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 10:56 am

    Remember: God told Hagar, “You will have a boy and his name will be Ishmael and he will be as a wild donkey and his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand will be against him.” If you have ever seen ‘wild donkeys’ in the wild; like in Nevada around Lake Mead and you will see just what the Muslim’s are really like. ‘Always fighting amongst themselves’ and braying (yelling their heads off) and doing the most Stupidest things… FOR ETURNITY .

  2. john spielman says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 11:03 am

    so is he going to get goat for dinner in prison?

    • jr says

      Jul 12, 2014 at 11:25 am

      they probably will give it to him in the state of new york. he probably give him a halal meal

    • Marie Smedberg says

      Jul 14, 2014 at 1:52 am

      Hope he likes pork chops.

  3. Walter Sieruk says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 11:28 am

    This is yet another example of the extreme misogyny that is part of the essence of Islam.With the information of this article it’s thus very fitting to cite the from the book THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel where on pages 175 , 176 she exposes some of the cruel, vicious and heartless actions of many misogynistic Muslim males because of their religion that is Islam. For her book reads “Honor killings are executed by slitting the victims’ throat, hatching them ,stabbing ,burn them to death decapitation,bullets to the head and chest, or by any other means imaginable.” Of course as in the above article this Muslim man who beat his wife to death might be covered in “by any other means imaginable.” Nevertheless, this books further exposes the truth when it reads “Honor killings have also come to the West thanks to the rise of Islamic immigration.” Again, this above article proves true this last statement true by Brigitte Gabriel. In conclusion, this brutal, hideous, and malicious Islamic custom of “honor killing ” show the true nature of what Islam is all about.
    All of this does bring to mind the wisdom of the words of Thomas Paine in his book THE AGE OF REASON. Which reads “Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be a true system.”

  4. Jay Boo says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 11:51 am

    Noor Hussain “believed he was entitled to “discipline” his wife of 21 years.”

    Imagine a slick defense attorney trying to convince a liberal jury that this is really about us respecting their religious customs.
    Maybe Noor will ‘see the light’ of his errors now that he has time reexamine Islam’s moral decadence.

  5. Gary Fouse says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    I went to an event at Muzammil Siddiqi’s Islamic Center of Orange County a couple of years ago and they gave out free English Korans. That particular verse used the words, “percuss them”.

    A drum is a percussion instrument, so I guess it means you can beat your wife like a drum, sort of like Gene Krupa.

  6. ploome says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    send him back to Pakistan

    worse than a life sentence

  7. Barry Obonghit says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    “Relatives said Hussain moved to the United States more than 30 years ago in search of a better life and worked at a gas station.”

    Thank goodness we’ve imported more gas station workers. There seems to be such a shortage of those qualified to work those jobs. Idiot came here in search of a better life in order to continue living the same 7th century primative mysoginistic deviant lifestyle just like he did in his native puckee stain…. only subsidized by the US taxpayer and pandered to by the liberal establishment.

  8. gravenimage says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    New York: Muslim who beat his wife to death for not serving him goat dinner says he had right to “discipline” her
    …………………………………….

    Firstly, the idea of any adult “disciplining” another—unless it is the state prosecuting a criminal—is simply grotesque. A husband and wife should be *equal partners* in any civilized culture.

    And more—look what he considers “discipline”—beating the poor women to death.

    More:

    Frail and with medical problems, Wednesday’s sentencing from Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Matthew D’Emic means that Hussain will likely die behind bars…
    …………………………………….

    Oh, cry me a river! He wasn’t so “frail” that he couldn’t *beat his wife to death*. And this was not the landing of some unfortunate, ill-timed blow—he battered her more than twenty times, and the bed and wall beside the bed were covered with blood. *Ugh*.

    And from this pious murderer’s comments, it is quite obvious that he felt he had the right to murder his wife.

    • ben t says

      Jul 13, 2014 at 5:01 am

      AMEN!!!

  9. mileaway says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    These are what Muslims are. Animals!!!
    This ISN’T a “Radical” Muslim.
    THIS is an “AVERAGE”, everyday Muslim.
    The one living next door to you.
    The same on that follows Sharia that will cut off your childrens heads and stone your wife to death!
    THIS is Islam!

    • Chrissy says

      Jul 13, 2014 at 2:32 am

      He’s not an animal….. animals don’t treat other animals that badly. Monster is a better word.

  10. Linda says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 10:06 pm

    Muslims are taking over the US; I have said this for years.
    Check out the FB page of “Stop the islamlification of America”…pretty scary!

  11. John Brown says

    Jul 13, 2014 at 4:26 am

    This is AMERICA , so it’s good to see that he will be behind bars——– but who knows for how long ? —- REMEMBER——Obama is VERY SYMPATHETIC when a “BROTHER MUSLIM IS INCARCERATED” !!! Remember the prisoner swap a few weeks back ? Well I do and it was 10 to1—-The 1 US solider was a DESERTER who just walked away ! The 10 Jidhasts who killed THOUSANDS & WILL DO SO AGAIN ! This 75 yr. old muslim walks because Obama Grants him Clemency when the dust settles !

  12. Cindy Mccoy says

    Jul 13, 2014 at 5:50 am

    This guy better be glad that I was not his judge. I swear I would beat him over the head, almost to the point of death everytime he refused to do anything or complained about anything. I don’t even know if I believe his side of the story. Did she refuse to make what the selfish SOB wanted was she sick and could not make what he wanted??? Was there a reason that she didn’t do what he wanted; not that she would need a reason!! This is a problem with people coming here and not living under the same laws that we do. They want to go by their sharia and that does not fly here in the U.S. and rightly so!!!!!!

  13. YG says

    Jul 13, 2014 at 6:31 am

    Why wasn’t he given the maximum penalty?

  14. William rankin says

    Jul 13, 2014 at 6:37 am

    I do not like violence against women. If all Muslim men were 2 kill there wife’s we would not have any problems with Muslims. It would save the tax payers alot of cash

  15. Guy Macher says

    Jul 13, 2014 at 9:21 am

    You can’t believe this DP goatlover! There is nothing Islamic about beating your wife! Repeat as often as needed.

  16. Clair says

    Jul 14, 2014 at 6:36 am

    This is anarchy. Anyone could say they had a personal belief system which gave them the tight to beat to death anyone who didn’t treat them with respect. Come to think of it, it is also fascism.

    • ben t says

      Jul 14, 2014 at 8:35 am

      I strongly oppose fascism but the truth is in Mussolini’s Italy a man who beat his wife to death would be hung within a week.

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