In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.” (18:80-81)
And according to Islamic law, “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).
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.”
“Iranian film director is murdered, chopped up and dumped in a suitcase ‘by his parents in an honour killing over his unmarried status,'” by Jack Newman, MailOnline, May 19, 2021:
A former London-based film director has been brutally murdered and dismembered by his parents in an honour killing after he returned to his home country of Iran, police said.
The chopped up body of Babak Khorramdin, 47, was found in rubbish bags and a suitcase in the town of Ekbatan, western Tehran, on Sunday.
An argument had broken out between the father and son over Babak’s unmarried status, according to reports.
Mohammad Shahriari, the head of the Tehran Criminal Court, said the father confessed he anaesthetised his son, stabbed him, cut up his body and threw his remains in the rubbish.
Following his confession, both parents have been arrested while an investigation is carried out.
Police say they have also found evidence of the grisly murder in the family home….
Stan says
Haven’t heard of this motive before. What’s next?
CogitoErgoSum says
What is so dishonorable about not being married? Even in Islam Jesus never married. I wonder if the parents thought the reason their son wasn’t married was because he was gay … and so they killed him for that.
somehistory says
That’s my guess. Or he said something against islam, as in telling the Truth. Or, maybe he didn’t put the cap back on the toothpaste.
gravenimage says
That was my first thought–that the victim was suspected of being gay. Just sickening.
latha says
He refused to marry an Iranian burqa clad homely girl his parents had arranged with the community at the behest of mullah.
gravenimage says
Also a possibility.
GFF says
First the daughter and now the son! God help us.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/21/babak-khorramdin-iranian-couple-arrested-for-of-film-maker-son-47
CogitoErgoSum says
I see they thank God for helping them to kill their “corrupt” children. It would seem that their perverted idea of God may be what corrupted them.
somehistory says
From the article: “Goodbye, the world’s kindest teacher … from cinema students.”
He had very kind eyes. Too kind to suspect his parents of being such demonic monsters.
wpm says
In the article they also killed their son in law serial killers for allah ,if I where related to them I would keep far away from them .
gravenimage says
Good God–they’ve made a career of murdering their children, and they got away with murdering their daughter and her husband for many years.
Here is a line from the Guardian article:
“It also prompted intense discussion on social media about a legal system that offers relative leniency to parents who kill their offspring. Murder is usually a capital offence in Iran but people who kill their children face a maximum of 10 years in jail.”
All murder is terrible–but civilized people consider it *worse* to murder your own children, whom you are supposed to love and protect. Not pious Muslims…
latha says
They killed their SIL (son in law) for being abusive which has nothing to do with Koran. Rather being abusive to a “disobedient wife” is professed by the terror manual.
They killed Babak not for loving students much younger than him but for having relationship with Kuffars. But isn’t that also allowed in Koran – “what the right hand possesses” ? I guess the students were boys. But why didn’t they say so. In that case there won’t be any punishments but only rewards from the Mullahs. But SIL’s case calls for beheading of the couple. Let’s see. A birdie tells me that they’d escape punishment. The peaceful religion has a penchant for brutality & barbarity. They love them. They are the best & most useful warriors for Islam you see. Why don’t they join the ISIS or the muslim brotherhood if they are not already one ? Oh, am I giving them ideas ? Sorry.
gravenimage says
If they killed thei son-in-law for being abusive to their daughter, why did they also kill their daughter? They didn’t kill their son-in-law to protect her, clearly.
Jim says
The father is probably a psychopath. Islam provided an excuse for something he was prone to do, instead of braking such impulses. Islam alone would probably not lead to such behavior. But mental illness should not be an excuse or extenuating for such crimes.
somehistory says
Psychopathy is considered a “personality disorder.” There are more psychopaths in prison in the U.S. than those who just committed crimes without being a psychopath who sees everything he does wrong as the fault of others, and never his own.
And islam is a psychopath’s dream…it tells him that what he wants to do is, not only acceptable, but is a preferred practice, commanded by their book of filth, and will be rewarded.
The “parents” are both psychopaths, and knew full well what they were doing was wrong according to law; why else hide his body in bags and a suitcase.
john smith says
Exactly, “there is no love in those who strictly adhere to evil,” they are incapable of such feelings. Love and hate are conflicting emotions it’s impossible to harbour both at the same time.
Many muslims are nurtured with hatred from the moment they are born, so love is just a meaningless word to them.
I don’t believe the parents were born psychopaths, but If you spend your entire life trying to emulate one, that is what you eventually become.
somehistory says
Criminologists argue whether people are “born” psychopaths or if they are “nurtured” to become that way.
I believe it is a combination of ‘nature and nurture.’
If one wishes to be evil and then has that as a daily program, it’s gonna be a foregone conclusion that they will be a monster.
“Love is just a meaningless word to them.’ Yes, and so are the other virtues, such as peace, kindness, self-control, consideration for others, etc.
The children of these two didn’t stand much of a chance, even after becoming adults.
gravenimage says
You never want to have to deal with a psychopath, lord knows.
But most psychopaths are not murderers–they are more likely to break your heart and empty your bank account, or just take terrible advantage of you.
But Islam *sacralizes* psychopathic behavior, including murder.
somehistory says
mozlums don’t ***need a reason to murder.*** Any little thing will suffice because islam is evil straight from satan, there is no love in those who strictly adhere to the evil; without love, it’s easy to become enraged by small mistakes, or perceived errors, on the part of family members, and without self-control, the mozlum is a fierce creature ready to shed the blood of another.
The poor guy, should have stayed where he was.
Ren says
Islam is sick, a true mental disease!
Infidel says
First time I’ve heard about men being honor-killed! Congratulations Iran, you’ve achieved gender equality ?
somehistory says
There was the case in Texas where they killed the guy their daughter was going to marry, and the woman who was helping her learn about Christianity, but I think one of the first I heard was the young man who was recently killed by his family for being homosexual. He was trying to get to Turkey to be with his fella.
None is an “honor” thing…just a lust to shed blood, even of family, even of children. Evil
Infidel says
That has been there for a while – muslim families have murdered non-muslim suitors of their daughters, if not their daughters themselves. But this case is different, where they’ve murdered their own son. Usually, sons don’t get murdered b’cos by default, they get to do the converting to islam if they decide to marry a non-muslim woman. They’d only be a target if they themselves chose to convert to the bride’s religion, rather than convert her. Although I’ve read about muslim celebrities who married non-muslims, and each kept their own religion after marriage
I agree that the term ‘honor killing’ is an oxymoron, much like ‘love jihad’, ‘grooming gang’ and so on. I think ‘family jihad’ is the best phrase to describe it – where somebody is killed by relatives for not being pro-islamic or islamic enough to their liking
somehistory says
I met a young mozlum man who left islam when he married a Christian girl. His family then put out a fatwa on him, advising mozlums wherever he went to kill him for this
He managed to get to the U.S., where he was still hiding out from his family and extended family and their friends. I suppose if they had caught up to him, they would have murdered him.
For the family “honor” don’tcha know.
And the young man who was killed by his own brother for being a homosexual, attempting to flee to turkey, I consider that the same thing as when they kill their daughters for not wearing the scarf, getting a job or not marrying the old, filthy slug who buys them for daily rape.
Whatever is outside the evil code of behavior they call “holy” and demanded by their slug fake ‘prophet.,’ the family loses “honor.”
Honor they never had to begin with.
gravenimage says
Muslims do “Honor Kill” men–it is just they more often target women and girls. Note that these pious murderers killed their daughter first.
Dariush says
The parents have killed their daughter & her husband. Firstly, they killed their groome who was his nephew by the way, 10 years ago with the help of their daughter who also got killed 3 years later.
All 3 deads were kiled in a same manner. Police could never find the murderers until the parents confessed when police did a routine investigation due to Babak’s murder.
The father was a veteran of Iran & Iraq war, serving the army in the battlefield for 6 years & 2 times subjected the the chemical attacks by the Iraqi enemy.
In all murders, the mother was present & cooperating. When arrested, both thanked god for killing Babak, calling him a pervert who used to have sex with girls in his room at the parent’s house. Father claimed he insistingly was asking Babak to leave their home & rent a place for him.
Babak was a teacher at art college & his only memorial was set up by some of his stufents.
Formerly, a 13 years old girl, Romina Eshraqi, was beheaded by her father due to escaping from home & living with her boyfriend. The crime occured in Norther Iran, city of Rasht.
Babak’s father at age 81 is sentenced to 10 years & his ex mother at age 76 to 15 years in jail.
gravenimage says
Iran: Film director murdered and chopped up by his family in honor killing because he was unmarried
……………..
Just horrifying.
God, I hate Islam.
Uma Maheswar Nakka says
Very cruel people
European pagan says
Maybe he was asexual, it can happen. I hope this ‘parents’ will be hanged.
gravenimage says
Iran is very lenient on parents murdering their children.
DAVID R MORRISON says
Only followers of islam /koran would even think of performing such a dastardly evil , mean , cruel , spiteful , deed ! May they ALL ROT in HELL !!!
James Lincoln says
Normal people who have a 47-year-old unmarried son would assume that their son is one of the below:
1. Unlucky in love.
2. Gay.
3. Asexual.
Regardless of the reason, they would love their son because it is their son.
Live and let live.
But with pious muslims – no can’t have that…
gravenimage says
So true, James.
Christopher Watson says
We, who write on this site are well aware of the pure evil of moslem beliefs. We may read, in disbelief, at most of the savagery of moslem parents against their own sons and daughters. No Christian or an atheist in the west would kill his/her son for wearing jeans. It would never even cross our minds. Yet, these immigrants can live in the west and continue to live as though they are still living in a moslem country. We have seen, in the last few days, barbarism in Europe and America on an unprecedented scale. Yet we have allowed it. Cars full of savages drive through our capitals, making as much noise as possible with middle eastern flags and then compounding their viciousness by attacking innocent people. Our governments have allowed it. These animals should have been found and evicted from our civilised countries within hours. Our masters have allowed these immigrants to live among us until now it would be difficult to evict them because of their numbers. Perhaps we will never know what secret treaties our leaders have agreed to.