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.” In Iran, according to the New York Times, the legal system “treats parents who murder their children with relative leniency, as the maximum sentence for the crime is only ten years.”
“Afghan woman murdered in Berlin – brothers arrested,” translated from “Afghanin in Berlin ermordet – Brüder verhaftet,” by Matthias Becker, Bild, August 6, 2021 (thanks to Medforth):
Berlin – a murder shakes Berlin! Two brothers (22, 25) from Afghanistan are said to have brutally murdered their sister (34) because of her western way of life. This is what the Berlin public prosecutor’s office has concluded.
The brothers have been in custody for two days. Now the investigators have found the body of the young woman in Bavaria.
Review: On July 13th, the young mother of two children was reported missing in Berlin. Since there was no sign of voluntary abandonment of the children, the investigators did not rule out a crime from the start.
After evaluating radio cells and video cameras in public places and places, the suspects were recorded at a long-distance train station in Berlin.
According to the public prosecutor’s office on Friday, they allegedly took the body in a suitcase by German Rail to the 25-year-old’s place of residence in Bavaria on the day of the crime and buried it there.
Upon request, a judicial spokesman confirmed the murder. According to BILD information, a buried body was discovered on Thursday. The investigators assume that it is the missing mother.
Defense lawyer Mirko Röder (56): “This will be a conflict-prone and highly complex procedure.”
An autopsy should clarify the identity, cause of death and details of the act. According to the arrest warrant, the two suspects are said to have felt offended because the life of their divorced sister had not lived up to their moral standards.
Stan Lore says
Death penalty worthy.
Eva says
The same should apply to any lawyer defending them
Keith O says
Unfortunately Eva, quite often the lawyers are public defenders who have no choice in the matter and are bound by law to put p a strong defence, no matter what their own views on the crime are.
But I do agree that the death penalty is very appropriate in cases like this.
An example needs to be made to deter others who think they have a right to commit murder because their precious book says so.
gravenimage says
True, Keith.
gravenimage says
There has been no death penalty in Germany for over seventy years.
Keith O says
Nothing a change in laws can’t fix!
bill says
Stan
Muslim men have no honour except that which they see in slights against themselves, and the women are not a lot better. but they are usually coerced into obeying the males.
I wish the press and commentators would cease using the word honour. There is no honour in murdering a defenceless member of one’s family, usually a female, rarely a male. It is in fact the most immoral act of all, as they are the ones they should love and protect.
I think familial killing would be more descriptive
Michael Copeland says
Male supremacy killing.
Jim says
In India, they used to burn widows at the stake and then the British governor of India said, that was the Indian tradition, and they could continue. But England had a tradition of hanging people for doing that, and that is what they could expect. So the Indians generally stopped and changed their tradition. That is what the West should do in their own territories. Just say, we respect your culture, and you can do this if you like, but when you do, you can expect to be punished with a long jail sentence or even execution. In my home state the death penalty was abolished, but perhaps honor killing could be honored with fifty years minimum and no chance of early release. Something similar to that. The trouble with us is a lack of commitment to what we believe. The Jihadis have that commitment. We need to stop letting people into the country who are more committed to destroying us than we are defending our values.
gravenimage says
And if they are ever released, they need to be deported immediately.
bill says
JIM
I think you refer to the practice of suttee, not burning women at the stake as you say. Widows were supposed to throw themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyre as the ultimate sacrifice to her lord and master. I assume they used to drug them first or at least I hope so. It was not as common as often assumed but was based in the Hindu religion. I suppose the present day feminists would say that banning it 1929, was interfering in another’s culture and racist to boot. Just like they do not make a big issue out of FGM.
To be brief
http://www.britannica.com. has good article about this practice
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Another Muslim female sacrificed on the altar of Islam.
Walter Sieruk says
The many propagandists for Islam make the claim that “Islam is a religion what respects women.” and also the “Islam is a religion the values live , all life,” and even that “Islam is a tolerate and easy religion.”
All three of the claims are obviously false claim . To put it another way all , those claims declared by apologists for Islam are complete balderdash.
gravenimage says
+1
Mae~mae says
Another Qur’an sanctioned murder. Smh.
john smith says
Many muslims don’t feel love they only feel hate. Hate is the dominant emotion for muslims.
tim gallagher says
Totally inhumane barbarism yet again from these Muslim scum. There are far too many Muslims who are primitive, evil vermin like the ones in this report, so I would say that the only sensible policy is to let no Muslims into our countries. Too many of them do not belong in any civilised societies. Hungary and the other Visegrad bloc countries have the right approach. So these murderous scum are thrown into jail (and rightly so) for long sentences, it means the taxpayers have to pay huge amounts of money to keep them in jail. Better if scum like this never get into your country in the first place. If only enough of the population of all our western countries would wake up when it comes to islam’s nature, then they would put the right type of politicians into power.
James Lincoln says
So, according to the feature article:
“…the two suspects are said to have felt offended because the life of their divorced sister had not lived up to their moral standards.”
Their moral standards include the murder of their own sister !!!
gravenimage says
Exactly, James.
tim gallagher says
James, I think islam has a completely upside down moral system. Civilised societies have the type of concept of morality that we have and Muslims, being total barbarians, have a completely different concept of what is moral. In all areas of life, the Muslims idea of what is moral is what we would see as being hideous evil.
gravenimage says
Honor killing in Germany: Muslim migrants murder their sister because of her Westernized lifestyle
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How many times has this happened? Obviously these murderers never had any intention of embracing the freedoms and values of the west.
More:
According to the arrest warrant, the two suspects are said to have felt offended because the life of their divorced sister had not lived up to their moral standards.
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Pious Muslims–where living in freedom is not moral, but murdering someone who wants to live in freedom *is*.
God, I hate Islam.
Giacomo Latta says
Given that the two Afghanis had travelled to Germany of their own volition they should be charged with suspicion of becoming westernized and sent to the Taliban for Islamic justice.
OLD GUY says
Muslims just can’t stand anyone enjoying life. We don’t need these sick people in American neighborhoods.