Imagine the outcry if the roles were reversed here. But this will receive little, if any notice.
“Karnataka: Man offers to discuss marriage with daughter’s lover, kills him,” TNN, October 8, 2020:
BENGALURU: An inter-faith love story ended on a tragic note with the girl’s father and his associates allegedly murdering her 24-year-old boyfriend in Kudur, Magadi taluk, Ramanagara district on Tuesday morning.
K Lakshmipathi, a resident of Basavanahalli near Nelamangala, was allegedly strangled to death by Nizamuddin, 45, and his elder son Sikandar, 20, (goods auto drivers) who have been arrested, and their associates, Ibrat and Auto Mohammed, who are on the run. All the accused are residents of Islampura near Basavanahalli. Lakshmipathi, a garment factory employee and part-time auto driver, was killed in front of his brother.
Probe revealed Lakshmipathi was in love with Nizamuddin’s younger daughter and both the families were against the relationship. “The two eloped last month to tie the knot but returned after Nizamuddin convinced his daughter saying he would get them married. On Tuesday morning, Nizamuddin and the three others took Lakshmipathi and his elder brother Nataraj to a deserted spot in Kanakenahallilaya, a village near Kudur, on the pretext of marriage talks where they strangled Lakshmipathi to death,” said superintendent of police, Ramanagara, S Girish.
K Nataraj, elder brother of Lakshmipathi, claimed in his complaint that the accused mercilessly strangled his brother as he watched helplessly. “Around 10am on Tuesday, Nizamuddin took my brother Lakshmipathi to his house, saying they would decide the wedding date and other issues. I accompanied them. Sikandar and the others said we should go out and hold the discussion. Lakshmipathi spoke to the girl, telling her they were going to discuss the matter,” Nataraj said.
“We travelled in Nizamuddin’s auto and reached Kanakenahallilaya. He took us to a prayer hall and then to the foot of a rocky mountain. He made us drink alcohol. A little later, they started abusing Lakshmipathi, citing religious differences and told him he shouldn’t even dream of marrying the girl. When he resisted, the four started beating him up. They pulled out his belt and as I watched, Sikandar and Ibrat strangled my brother to death. They threatened to kill me too. I ran away and hid in a field. Nizamuddin came looking for me…They grabbed me and bundled me into the auto. They pushed me out near Kunigal Cross and told me not to reveal anything or else they would kill my other family members,” Nataraj, a daily-wage worker, said in the complaint….
Dude says
It’s the delusions of grandeur nurtured by the scriptures on every page.
Hindus, on every page are encouraged to feel themselves humble, lower than a blade of grass, than the straw in the street; more tolerant than a tree; and always be prepared to offer all respects to others.
Hindus know just how akbhar God is – how infinite He is, and just how infinitesimal are we.
revereridesagain says
I’d say between believing your god thinks you are the only worthwhile people on earth and entitled to kill everyone who refuses to worship him and believing that your god is a infinite tyrant who believes you are an “infinitesimal” plaything is a bad choice all around. How about all humans having dignity and worth as rational beings? Or is that too aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaathiest?
James Lincoln says
revereridesagain,
I am a devout Christian and I have friends who are atheists and agnostics.
As long as they are good people, and follow the Golden rule, their atheist or agnostic views do not concern me. Many Christians that I know personally feel the same way.
Good Christians should live by example and when asked about their Christianity should answer honestly. And this should be done without being “preachy” or carrying an “air” of superiority, self-importance, etc…
gravenimage says
+1
dhedden says
When two systems of wrong try to decide a matter, it is impossible because there is no absolute measure.
There is no absolute good. There is no absolute wrong and evil. It’s all relative, and relative, in matters of life’s greatest laws and purposes, is frustrating to the mental, physiological, and moral fiber of humanity. It is exasperating and brings about a form of madness, unsolvable by man’s laws and constitution. The outcome of what is essentially a chosen pathology of unanswerable dilemma, is predictably a senseless exercise.
gravenimage says
How is murdering a man and his wanting to marry “two systems of wrong”? How are these two things in any way morally equivalent?
And the idea that first degree murder by deceit is not evil and that everything is relative is grotesque.
And the idea that first degree murder is unsolvable is *quite* false. In fact, first degree murder is *illegal* in India and the rest of the civilized world. Had you never noticed this before?
In fact, prosecuting such cases is *not* senseless–it is important that such crimes be identified as wrong.
You may feel that all human behavior is morally relative–but that is in fact a big part of the problem we are facing in dealing with the threat of Islam.
Phil Copson says
“There is no absolute good. There is no absolute wrong and evil. It’s all relative….”
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That is not a philosophical argument – that is just cowardice in it’s Sunday suit.
gravenimage says
+1
sidney penny says
“Imagine the outcry if the roles were reversed here. But this will receive little, if any notice.”
You are so so right about the reversal of the roles.
Who is listening here, in India, around the world?
Anyway, how can you have a kafir as your boyfriend, family and friends will say
You may be able to get away with a kafir in upper middle class with power and money and exposure but in
Ramanagara district no chance anyone will listen.
gravenimage says
India: Muslim offers to discuss marriage with daughter’s Hindu boyfriend, murders him
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Just horrifying–but this is orthodox Islam.
Mural says
And politicians here are saying this has nothing to do with Religion.
Islam gets a free pass as these idiots vote as a, block. Politicians love that. This voting pattern is how democracy is subverted by these senseless folks.
John says
They always attack in groups. Cowards with no honour.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
peter says
Islamic Takiya. Moral of a snake . Islam is another name for pure evil.