“The killers routinely invoke Islam, but rarely can they cite anything other than their belief that Islam doesn’t allow the mixing of sexes. Even Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic Ideology Council, which is hardly known for speaking out to protect women, says the practice defies Islamic tenets.”
That is flatly false. According to Islamic law, “it is not lawful or valid…for a Muslim woman to be married to anyone besides a Muslim” (Reliance of the Traveller m6.7(5).) Islamic law also states that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.” (Reliance of the Traveller o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. In this case the victim was the murderer’s daughter, a victim to the culture of violence and intimidation that such laws help create.
It is accordingly no surprise that Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but “the new law says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of passion or honour ‘provided he serves a prison term of no less than two years in the case of killing.’” And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that “Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.”
Until the encouragement Islamic law gives to honor killing is acknowledged and confronted, instead of covered up as AP does here, more women will be victimized.
“Why I had to kill my sister to defend our family’s ‘honor,’” Associated Press, October 3, 2016:
LAHORE, Pakistan — For two months, over the thunder of machines at the steel mill, the men taunted Mubeen Rajhu about his sister. Even now, they laugh at how easy it was to make him lose his temper.
Some people had seen Tasleem in their Lahore slum with a Christian man. She was 18, a good Muslim girl, out in public with a man. Even though the man had converted to Islam out of love for her, this couldn’t be allowed.
“Some guys got to know that his sister was having a relationship,” says Ali Raza, a co-worker at the mill. “They would say: ‘Can’t you do anything? What is the matter with you? You are not a man.’”
Raza can barely contain a smile as he talks about the hours spent needling Rajhu.
“He used to tell us, ‘If you don’t stop, I will kill myself. Stop!’” Raza says.
He raises his voice to compete with the sounds of the coal-powered mill, and workers blackened by its dust gather to listen. They too smile. A few laugh at the memory of Rajhu’s outbursts.
“The guys here told him, ‘It would be better to kill your sister. It is better than letting her have this relationship,’” Raza says.
Rajhu told them he had bought a pistol, and one day in August he stopped coming to work.
Rajhu discovered that his sister had defied the family and married the Christian. For six days he paced. His rage grew. How could she?
He watched her laughing on the phone, ignoring their mother’s pleas to leave the man.
On the seventh day, he retrieved the pistol from where he had hidden it and walked up to his sister. With one bullet to the head, he killed her.
For generations now in Pakistan, they’ve called it “honor” killing, carried out in the name of a family’s reputation.
The killers routinely invoke Islam, but rarely can they cite anything other than their belief that Islam doesn’t allow the mixing of sexes. Even Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic Ideology Council, which is hardly known for speaking out to protect women, says the practice defies Islamic tenets….

Westman says
“Even though the man had converted to Islam out of love for her, this couldn’t be allowed.”
This doesn’t make sense. He would have been a Muslim when killed which does violate Islam tenents.
It strikes me that the murderer’s work mates should also be jailed for inciting murder since they literally insisted that this mental defective should kill his sister.
Jay Boo says
I believe only the sister appears to have been killed.
That alone is enough to satisfy the blood lust apparently.
The HONOR IRONY
Muslims world-wide have no honor.
It puzzles me greatly how Muslim men can somehow manage to walk about in public and not bow their heads everywhere they go or at least wear a full face veil to deal with such a woeful disgrace as being called a Muslim.
I must conclude from this that Muslims lacking in honor as they do simply by remaining Muslims must also tend to be lacking any shame as well.
john spielman says
muslims have NOTHING honorable in their pitiful lives because they worships allah (Satan of the Bible) and follow their perfect man – muhammed, who was a demon possessed mass murderer thief liar and pedophile false prophet, and they are destined to hell of fire by God, who is Father Son and Holy Spirit because they reject Jesus ‘s blood sacrifice for their sins
Mirren10 says
”It strikes me that the murderer’s work mates should also be jailed for inciting murder since they literally insisted that this mental defective should kill his sister.”
Exactly what I was thinking. And the bastards are *laughing* about it.
As graven would say, God, I hate islam.
gravenimage says
Absolutely, Mirren. So often, “Honor Killings” involve the whole sick Muslim “community”. *Ugh*.
gravenimage says
Of course this makes sense, Westman–in the vicious Islamic sense, at least.
Muslim girls are not to speak with unrelated males–even if they are Muslim. Muslim girls are not to defy their parents for love–her mother, at least, told her to leave her husband.
Even if her husband had been Muslim from the beginning, this girl’s actions in seeing him and marrying him would still be Haram–and she could still be “Honor Killed” for it.
Peter Brock says
The Associated Press couldn’t find its style book with both hands!
Jay Boo says
The sadistic Islamic Lust for hate.
His coworkers were obviously inspired Muslims.
Islam’s Serpent of Satan is their inspiration.
‘Satan is greater’ is their unholy incantation.
Paul Clark says
AP is one of the worst perverters of truth. Many times it is in their omissions .They also drastically step over the line, most of the time, in fairness and objectivity. They are down there in the pits of immorality with the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC and the rest of the haters. What is scary is that they are so removed from journalistic morality that have redefined fairness and objectivity, like Obama and Clinton, until if is almost non-existence. Even more scary, they don’t even recognize their record of ignorance and stupidity.
Mazo says
Most Christians in Pakistan were formerly Hindu Dalits (untouchables) who were converted by British missionaries who bribed them and promised them it would be their ticket ouy of the caate system
Pakistani Muslims, Indian Hindus, and Indian St Thomas Syriac Christians all ovserve the Hindu caste system which regards Dalits as inferior and the lowest rung of the caste system. St Thomas Syriac Christians pride themselves on being descendants of high caste Brahmins xonverted by St Thomas himself unlike low caste Protestant and Catholic dalits who were converted by European imperialist missionaries.
They all regard and treat Dalits as inferior and call them insulting names like Chura. They refuse to eat from the same cups and plates and use them for menial, dirty jobs.
Dalits have distinctly different DNA and physical features from other castes. They are much darker and have unique facial skull features. Their DNA leans more towards ASI while higher caste DNA is ANI. Thousands of years of non breeding between castes has accentuated this.
Its not regarded as acceptable in the subcontinent’s culture in India and Pakistan for someone’s sister to marry a Dalit regardless od his religion.
Mazo says
Asia Bibi has the distinct facial features of a Dalit. You can tell her apart from higher caste Pakistania immediately. Dalits all over Pakistan and India have different facial features than higher castes.
dumbledoresarmy says
Shove off, you nasty sneaking creep with poison of various descriptions always dripping off your tongue.
You cannot even begin to imagine, in your mohammedan mind that is always in the gutter, that someone like Asia Bibi might be a Christian out of *intelligent conviction* and that her forebears converted to Christianity not because they were bribed but because they *heard and understood* a message that they found beautiful and attractive, a message about the life-giving and loving Lord, Yehoshuah of Nazareth.
You cannot begin to imagine why the Christians of Pakistan *today* remain Christian despite the absolute *shit* that they suffer from the horrible, cruel, stupid Mohammedans all around them.
Nor can you begin to understand why people become, and remain Christians in India, *today*. (They are under NO compulsion either to become or remain Christian; and they are NOT bribed and they are NOT tricked and they are NOT threatened… whereas of course bribery, trickery and threats, and outright physical force, are all methods that Islam routinely used, and uses, to gain adherents). I observe too your creepy, sneaky, nasty attempt to ‘split the camp’, to imply or create division between Christians in India.
Go away, Mohammedan.
gravenimage says
Fine post, DDA.
Champ says
DDA wrote:
“You cannot even begin to imagine, in your mohammedan mind that is always in the gutter, that someone like Asia Bibi might be a Christian out of *intelligent conviction* and that her forebears converted to Christianity not because they were bribed but because they *heard and understood* a message that they found beautiful and attractive, a message about the life-giving and loving Lord, Yehoshuah of Nazareth.”
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Hear, hear!! *Beautifully* stated, DDA!!
Mazo says
Vegemite addict doesn’t mention that most western missionaries in India target low castes and poor tribals in areas like Odisha but suddenly aren’t eager to talk to fellow western tourists they see in India and upper class Indian Hindus. Why, are those western hippy tourists and upper class Hindus not receptive to their message? Or not in need of bribes?
Hindus have expressed hostility to western missionaries and want to ban them all. They don’t have issues with St Thomas Syriac Christians but have issues with western missionaries whose pockets flow with money. Modi and his fellow BJP Hindu members are working on the issue.
A chuhra is a chuhra to a Pakistani Muslim of good standing. Dalit chuhra Christians converted with bribes won’t rise in society by becoming Muslims.
It must be a miracle that miraculously 99% of converts to Christianity in Punjab were Dalit untouchables and not high caste Hindus. It seems those high caste Hindus weren’t in need of charity to accept the message. LOL.
Dalit Chuhra Hindus only became availible to British imperialist missionaries after the British imperialist invasion of the Sikh Empire which ruled the area of Pakistan.
Angemon says
Oh, look, Mazo came, to toss sand and pretend this had nothing to do with islam. Such is his habit.
gravenimage says
Yes–as always, this is Mazo’s sole purpose here.
gravenimage says
The repulsive Mazo wrote:
Most Christians in Pakistan were formerly Hindu Dalits (untouchables) who were converted by British missionaries who bribed them and promised them it would be their ticket ouy (sic) of the caate (sic) system
Pakistani Muslims, Indian Hindus, and Indian St Thomas Syriac Christians all ovserve (sic) the Hindu caste system which regards Dalits as inferior and the lowest rung of the caste system. St Thomas Syriac Christians pride themselves on being descendants of high caste Brahmins xonverted (sic) by St Thomas himself unlike low caste Protestant and Catholic dalits who were converted by European imperialist missionaries…
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The repellent Mazo is implying that this girl was only murdered because she married a ‘low life’ Dalit–but this is false. Muslims regularly “Honor Kill” Muslim girls who marry for love all over the world, including many places where he cannot even pretend that vestiges of the caste system hold sway. In fact, this even happens in cases where the lover is better respected and better off than the Muslim murderers.
Also, note: the murderer’s coworkers are not taunting him over his sister’s marrying a Dalit, but just for having had the temerity to develop a relationship with a man. There is no mention of the husband’s social status, at all.
Moreover, Mazo is pretending that higher status Hindus and Christians regularly murder any of their relatives who marries a Dalit–but this is simply untrue. It is Muslims who regularly “Honor Kill” their female relatives.
Also, note that he considers it “imperialist” to offer poor and despised people hope. What could be less Islamic?
More:
Dalits have distinctly different DNA and physical features from other castes. They are much darker and have unique facial skull features. Their DNA leans more towards ASI while higher caste DNA is ANI. Thousands of years of non breeding between castes has accentuated this.
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Yet more proof that the Taqiyya (Sunni: Maruna) that Muslims ignore race is utter bs. In fact, the “Prophet” himself referred to black people as “raisinheads”.
More:
Asia Bibi has the distinct facial features of a Dalit. You can tell her apart from higher caste Pakistania immediately. Dalits all over Pakistan and India have different facial features than higher castes.
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Asia Bibi is *sentenced to death* by the barbaric Pakistani authorities, for having dared to affirm that she is Christian.
Mazo offers not a word of criticism for this hideous injustice. And why would he? Nothing is so Islamic as murdering Infidels.
Crusades Were Right! says
Funny how people in Mohammedan dominated countries are converting to Christianity for “bribes”, even though they know they are putting themselves in great danger.
Why, it’s almost as if the Mohammedans making these allegations are trying to fool us into believing something that isn’t true.
But that can’t be the case, surely, since Islam requires its adherents to be scrupulously honest with “unbelievers”, doesn’t it?
LOL!!!
mortimer says
Sharia law omits any punishment for the murderer of his child or grandchild. Since the brother was murdering his sister in the name of their parents and grandparents, Mubeen Rajhu is not subject to punishment under Sharia law.
The name ‘Mubeen’ comes from the Koran and refers to the claim that the Koran is ‘mubeen’ (easy to understand).
How did Mubeen Rajhu misunderstand Sharia law? ‘CLEARLY’, he understood Sharia law perfectly!
gravenimage says
Thanks for the translation of this murderer’s Islamic name, Mortimer. Very telling.
BLC says
Just from a purely secular standpoint, how can anyone go ahead with killing members of their own family or strangers on the street and have absolutely no remorse? What is really wrong with people who do these things?
JawsV says
What’s wrong with them? They follow Islam.
BLC says
I’m thinking any sane person would start questioning Islam after a while, but these people all seem to be stuck in a time warp of the medieval ages. It’s as though they never progressed as a civilization from the days of Mohammad.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Muslim murders his sister for marrying a Christian, AP falsely states that practice violates Islamic teaching
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Now the Associated Press is shilling for Islam. Just appalling.
More:
Some people had seen Tasleem in their Lahore slum with a Christian man. She was 18, a good Muslim girl, out in public with a man. Even though the man had converted to Islam out of love for her, this couldn’t be allowed.
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Yes–even this wasn’t enough, because a Mulimah is not supposed to choose her own mate, even if he is a Muslim. A good Muslim girl may never speak with a man who is not a relative.
More:
“Some guys got to know that his sister was having a relationship,” says Ali Raza, a co-worker at the mill. “They would say: ‘Can’t you do anything? What is the matter with you? You are not a man.’”
Raza can barely contain a smile as he talks about the hours spent needling Rajhu.
“He used to tell us, ‘If you don’t stop, I will kill myself. Stop!’” Raza says.
He raises his voice to compete with the sounds of the coal-powered mill, and workers blackened by its dust gather to listen. They too smile. A few laugh at the memory of Rajhu’s outbursts.
“The guys here told him, ‘It would be better to kill your sister. It is better than letting her have this relationship,’” Raza says.
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This is a *very* telling passage. Very often, “Honor Killings” are not just family affairs, but involve the entire Muslim ‘community’. If a Muslim is not savage enough to act on his own, then the Ummah taunts him until he acts.
Note how a threat of suicide turns to murder.
Note, further, that these thugs consider the whole vicious situation *funny*, and are laughing about it. You can tell a lot about someone by what they laugh at.
More:
On the seventh day, he retrieved the pistol from where he had hidden it and walked up to his sister. With one bullet to the head, he killed her.
For generations now in Pakistan, they’ve called it “honor” killing, carried out in the name of a family’s reputation.
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This implies that this is a Pakistani cultural phenomenon. It is not. Muslims murder their “disobedient” women all over the world–including in the West–especially if they dare marry for love.
More:
The killers routinely invoke Islam, but rarely can they cite anything other than their belief that Islam doesn’t allow the mixing of sexes. Even Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic Ideology Council, which is hardly known for speaking out to protect women, says the practice defies Islamic tenets….
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This is probably a reference to the Pakistani Ulema Council, which did issue a Fatwa in 2014 saying “Honor Killings” are “un-Islamic”. They were vague as to exactly what sort of murders would be covered by this.
On the other hand, they also issued a Fatwa denouncing Kafir (non-Muslims), so that may not apply here in any case. (They also said that suicide attacks are fine, especially if the victims are Americans.)
Angemon says
How is it that, if islam condemns it, many muslims, from all corners of the world, arrived at the conclusion that islam doesn’t allow, for example, the mixing of the sexes, or a muslima marrying a non-muslim, or the death penalty for apostasy? I thought only “islamophobes” would “misunderstand” islam in that fashion – how come followers of the religion, from different ethnicities, cultural backgrounds and even religious sects, arrive at exactly the same conclusion?