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, more women will suffer.
“Man axes mother of eight to death over ‘honour’ in Badin,” by Hanif Samoon, Dawn, March 14, 2018:
A man in Badin surrendered himself to police on Wednesday after killing his 38-year-old wife for ‘honour’ by repeatedly hitting her with an axe.
The suspect told police that he suspected that the victim — who was the mother of eight children, including three differently-abled daughters — had illicit relations with another man who lived in the same area.
Eyewitnesses said that after being attacked, the woman ran out on the street crying for help but the suspect continued to attack her, eventually killing her.
The incident was confirmed by Assistant Sub-Inspector Mohammad Salim Khoso of Badin police station, who said that the body had been sent to Indus Hospital for post-mortem examination. A first information report (FIR) is yet be to registered.
In a separate incident, a man killed his 25-year-old wife and a mother of one, along with another man for the sake of “honour” in the Dilawar Marfani village of Shikarpur.
The Station House Officer of Dilawar Marfani police station Shahzado Dasti told Dawn.com that the accused suspected that his wife had an extra-marital affair with his second victim, who hailed from Balochistan and worked as a peasant in the village.
The bodies of the victims were returned to their families after a post-mortem examination was conducted at Garhi Yasin Taluka Hospital.
No FIR has been registered yet.
Scores of women in Pakistan are still being murdered by relatives for bringing shame on their family, a year since new laws came into force aimed at stemming the flow of ‘honour killings’….
mortimer says
PAKISTANI LAW ALLOWS THE HONOUR KILLERS TO GO UNPUNISHED !
In 2011, human rights groups reported 720 honour killings in Pakistan (605 women and 115 men), while Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission reported that in 2010 there were 791 honour killings in the country,[9] and Amnesty International cited 960 incidents of women alone who were slain in honour killings that year.
Over 4,000 cases were reported in Pakistan between 1998 and 2004. Of the victims, almost 2,700 were women and just over 1,300 were men; and 3,451 cases came before the courts. The highest rates were in Punjab, followed by the Sindh province. Lesser number of cases have also been reported in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and in Balochistan. Nilofar Bakhtiar, advisor to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, stated that in 2003, as many as 1,261 women were murdered in honour killings.
Complications in data:
Data and its absence are difficult to interpret. One reason is the reluctance to report honour killings to official bodies. Another reason is that honour killings are occurring in cultural and social contexts which do not recognize the criminality of honour killings.[1] The very nature of honour killings reflects deeply entrenched notions of “honour” and “morality”, in which the perpetrator is upholding justice and order when the victim commits deplorable social acts. Honour killings thus inverts the roles of “right” and “wrong”. The perpetrator becomes the champion of justice while the victim becomes the perpetrator and accused of the criminal act. Furthermore, human rights advocates are in wide agreement that the reported cases do not reflect the full extent of the issue, as honour killings have a high level of support in Pakistan’s rural society, and thus often go unreported. Frequently, women killed in honour killings are recorded as having committed suicide or died in accidents.
Pakistani Law: An Amnesty International report noted “the failure of the authorities to prevent these killings by investigating and punishing the perpetrators.” Honour killings are supposed to be prosecuted as ordinary murder, but in practice, police and prosecutors often ignore it.
In March 2005, the Pakistani parliament rejected a bill which sought to strengthen the law against the practice of honour killing declaring it to be un-Islamic. The bill was eventually passed in November 2006.[44] However, doubts of its effectiveness remained. In 2016, Pakistan repealed the loophole which allowed the perpetrators of honour killings to avoid punishment by seeking forgiveness for the crime from another family member, and thus be LEGALLY PARDONED.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour_killing_in_Pakistan
gravenimage says
Yes, Mortimer–Pakistan’s record on actually prosecuting these cases is–no surprise–utterly abysmal.
Michael Copeland says
Pakistan is a failed state.
It was set up as a “Paki” – pure – Islamic state.
The two things are related.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Muslim hacks his wife, a mother of eight, to death with an axe in honor killing
…………………………..
*Hideous*. These poor women.
God, I hate Islam.
Sentinel says
So, if we record ‘hate crimes’ as ‘honour crimes’ they will no longer be treated as crimes at all ?
That’s one problem sorted and justified under Sharia Law too.
Karen says
Would I think that a government might cook the books for some political end? Why, heavens to Betsy, never!! (Sarcasm, of course :-))
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Wellington says
Well, if one looks at that photo above, one can see a major part of the problem that still remains and that is that the women in the photo, probably without exception, don’t realize, I mean truly, fully realize, that the ultimate cause for violence against them is Islam itself.
mortimer says
Well said, Wellington. The first targets of Islam are women… half the population. Then they can use the women to crush the few men who are manly enough to resist Islam.
Islam is a devious, devilishly crafty cult that turns everyone into a devious liar.
Manny says
What a savage religion. Any problem Islam comes across, the answer always seems to involve killing.
Leon Degney says
So it would seem. Why ANY woman would want to be a member of this hideous cult is totally beyond me. There is absolutely nothing in Islam for women. I have yet to see a happy smiling Muslim, and I have seen and even *tried* to work with many of them. None were happy. They have an unusual ability to spread this, what appears to be an inbuilt malcontent, throughout whatever communities they are living in. During my several years of living and working in a town that had more than its fair share of these people and trying to co-exist with them, I came to the conclusion the ideology and the people who followed it had nothing constructive to offer Australia and more than likely the world in general. I think this has been borne out by the events we have witnessed in recent years.
PRCS says
They may not “want” to, but…
StellaSaidSo says
Years ago I worked with Turks, Indonesians, and Malaysians – all secular Muslims – with no problems. But the recent arrivals are like a different species. I agree: they have nothing positive to offer Australia, or any Western country.
Lydia Church says
I guess Women’s Day is over already over there and now they are back to having zero rights.
Truly truly sad.
“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. Make for yourself an ark… ”
Genesis 6; 5, 11-14
There is scientific evidence of a worldwide flood, as there is with all other biblical histories. They even found the ark some time ago. But the media won’t tell you that.
This not only happened in the past, but is a picture of what is to come.
The chamber of preservation will be different on the next round.
“The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” Genesis 6; 6-8
Everything that God created for beauty and love is used for evil and destroyed. And then they turn around and claim that they have no sin. Well, guess again. It is sin, evil, and wickedness. Man has brought the suffering, God brought the good. But they are too blind to see this too. God deserves only love and reverence and all they can do is blaspheme Him and harden their hearts in pride, rebellion, contempt, and a haughty look.
And it breaks my heart also.
I was out on an evangelism round today and that is what I see…. this sums it up exactly: “as in the days of Noah” before the flood…
J D S says
Lydia….God did promise…his bow set in the clouds…that he would not destroy the world again with water… He won’t have to…we will destroy ourselves..or as we are doing in the present day allowing Satan in. SATAN IS LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK….THE HUMAN BANK!
Shmoovie says
These horrors happen while spoiled rotten leftist females screech about ‘the patriarchy’ and misogyny… in the West.
None of them need to fear this sort of unimaginable finish to their lives.
Would like to get a response to this story from Sarsour and co, and Madonna and her H’wood pals. But it’s likely not one will even hear of it.
Jean Terry says
Boy is that the truth. I do wish Ms. Sarsour would go preach the stuff she preaches in her own country of origin where they need it.
Troybeam says
Islam: if you leave Islam, a death sentence.
if you speak against Islam, a death sentence
if your a female a whisper of wrong, a death sentence,
Yet some people of the world protect this death cult,
They are blind, deaf and ignorant on the actions, words and ideals
in the Koran, sharia law and other books (fiqh) of Islam,
Like a disease that kills people Islam, a theocracy should be removed
from every nation on earth except where it began,
never allowing Islam to enter any place on earth again
let the disease stay in a quarantined space: no one gets in or out.
let Islam fend for itself, food, water. medical: they claim to be superior
let’s give them the chance to show the world how capable they are.
WPM says
The trouble is Islam is parasitic by nature it needs a host to feed off of to grow. That is why it is always thieving attacking stealing non Moslem resources it cannot create the resources its self to grow and spread by its own merits. Like most parasitic things it kills its host so it must move on to the next host a cycle repeated over 1400 years. The only superior thing it has is to make the host unaware of its attentions until its too late.
Hogdude says
Women of the World, Unite! Your lives are worth more than Islam!
CT says
And, for those Muslim women who hold to Islam because they are genuinely devout, God is far bigger than Islam. Islam claims that God isn’t going to talk to people anymore, that he finished giving us wisdom and direction 1600 years ago.
Ask God if that is true, and listen for his answer in your heart. Islam is based on a lie that you don’t get to seek your own guidance from Him.
Karen says
Speaking of the new laws against honor killings, “Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.”
Sort of like an axe? Eight children no longer have a mom, but I guess she had that comin’, according to her loser husband.
Mahendra Singh says
Too bad Jihad Watch does not publish the photos of the killer and his victim.
That would produce a true picture of true Islam.
I am sure the killer will find some sura of the “Holy” Koran completely absolving
him of the supposed crime..
The male children will end up being fodder for the Jihad in Kashmir and other
places in India.
kouldb says
Meanwhile, brainless imbecilic feminists in the west & Europe march in support of Islam. You couldn’t make it up!
kimmarie says
They are wearing the headgear of submission, and I’m supposed to take their stance on violence against women seriously? Get rid of the head gear, then let’s talk!