There has been no effort in Shia Iran to incarcerate a man who beheaded his 17-year-old wife and gruesomely paraded her head in the streets with a smile on his face, as can be seen in photos. For him, it was his religious right to do this, to preserve the “honor” of his family.
Iran’s media actually moved to protect the perpetrator: “Iran’s media watchdog responded quickly and banned Rokna news agency that first released the footage of the killer carrying her wife’s head.”
As “blood owners,” the immediate family members “are allowed to demand execution for the murder of their loved one, therefore most honor killings go unpunished.”
Conditions justifying murder in Islam:
Abdullah (b. Mas’ūd) reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: It is not permissible to take the life of a Muslim who bears testimony (to the fact) that there is no god but Allah, and I am the Messenger of Allah, but in one of the three cases: the married adulterer, a life for a life, and the deserter of his Din (Islam), abandoning the community. (Sahih Muslim – Book 16, Hadith 4152)
Sharia-sanctioned wife-beating (cf. Quran 4:34, 38:44) for perceived disobedience and abuse for not covering up (Quran 24:31, 33:59) also shape the views of and behaviors toward women in Islamic societies.
There are also exemptions from punishment for certain kinds of murder in Islam, which provides a basis for honor murder. According to the Sunni Sharia manual Reliance of the Traveler (section o1.2), these are the exemptions……
- A child or insane person, under any circumstances
- A Muslim for killing a non-Muslim ;
- A Jewish or Christian subject of the Islamic state for killing an apostate from Islam
- A father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring;
There is no system in place in the West, nor any significant will to understand the truth about cultures and ideologies that do not align with Western standards of human rights. Politically correct individuals who say they advocate for human rights do nothing to help those victims who are in most need, including the victims of savage honor killings. Mainstream Islamic groups operating in the West have advocated for their own religious tenets for a long time, calling justified criticism of these tenets “Islamophobic.” They present their advocacy to the willfully blind as anti-racism. Meanwhile, otherwise notoriously loudmouthed Western feminists are silent in the face of actual cases of female abuse, such as this one.
Reporting on victims of Sharia has gained Jihad Watch the label of “Islamophobic.” The Southern Poverty Law Center and its advocates care nothing about the victims.
“Iranian Man Beheads 17-Year-Old Wife In Another Honor Killing,” Iran International, February 6, 2022:
In another case of honor killing in Iran, an unnamed young man has beheaded his 17-year-old wife and displayed her head around the streets.
The murder happened in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday when the young wife was brought back from Turkey, where she had traveled for unknown reasons.
Her father helped the husband, who is his nephew, to bring the woman back to the country.
The husband and his brother, who apparently committed the murder together have been arrested.
Iran’s media watchdog responded quickly and banned Rokna news agency that first released the footage of the killer carrying her wife’s head.
Honor killings are prevalent in some parts of Iran, mostly due to societal beliefs and the Islamic Republic’s lax laws and light sentences that encourage the behavior.
Article 630 of the Constitution exempts a husband from punishment if he kills if he witnesses adultery.
According to a women’s right NGO in Ahvaz, about 60 women have fallen victim to honor killings in the past two years, including some who were 10 or 15 years old. None of the perpetrators have been brought to justice as most of the families haven’t even filed a lawsuit.
The medical journal the Lancet published an article in October 2020, saying at least 8,000 honor killings took place in Iran between 2010 and 2014, but only a few were reported.
According to Sharia law, only the “blood owners” (the immediate family members) are allowed to demand execution for the murder of their loved one, therefore most honor killings go unpunished….
Clive Delmonte says
Am I being Islamophobic in feeling revulsion at reading about this, or does it appal all decent people ?
mortimer says
Yes, you are being ‘Islamophobic’, because this propaganda word includes any comment that detracts from the ‘honor’ or image of Islam.
Truth matters not at all when it comes to the ‘IMAGE’ of Islam. The mullahs polish the image of Islam and the radicals attack those who tell the truth about Islam … with the clandestine blessing of the mullahs.
Much of Islam is thus smoke and mirrors, but most Muslims already know this. The question is why they are loyal to mullahs that they know are professional liars?
Issei says
To us in the west this is shocking. However, in Islam this is just another day at the false prophet office.
This man is following false prophet Muhammad’s actions. I feel sick and sad about this evil wicked cult as it destroys lives.
This is not from God.
CogitoErgoSum says
So the beheaded girl’s father is the uncle of her husband – meaning the husband and wife were cousins. What are the chances that these families have been marrying their cousins all the way back to the time of Muhammad (or before) and the inbreeding has been going on for centuries? That seems a way to produce the “best of people” also, based on the results here.
mortimer says
In some Muslim countries half or more of marriages are between first cousins, leading to about 900 genetically transmitted medical conditions, such as deafness, blood diseases, psychological disturbances, etc.
Keith O says
Well Mortimer, there’s a pretty good chance that a “psychological disturbance” is on display here, or it wold be in, say, Germany? or France or Canada?
James Lincoln says
CogitoErgoSum,
To your point, there was an excellent Jihad Watch article back in 2017 addressing inbreeding among Muslims:
“Effects of Centuries of Extreme Inbreeding Among Muslims: Low IQ, Violence and Terrorism”
JUL 20, 2017 3:36 PM BY NICOLAI SENNELS
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/07/effects-of-centuries-of-extreme-inbreeding-among-muslims-low-iq-violence-and-terrorism
tim gallagher says
Another knuckle dragging monster that islam seems to produce in vast numbers. Obviously, we do get evil monsters (well, psychopaths or maybe lunatics) like this piece of shit who were brought up in other religious systems, but islam produces more of these maggots than any other ethical system. No surprise there since their ideal man, the imaginary creature Muhammad, was a murdering piece of garbage so islam is soaked in endless violence and always has been. Oh, crap, I’ve committed that worst of all crimes, worse than what this inhuman monster has done, I’ve been Islamophobic again. I apologise because, as we all know, Islam is peaceful and Muslims are a bunch of pacifists.
Keith O says
Yeah Tim, The charming habits and social norms of these barbarians is like something out of a B grade horror movie.
Your right again, Mudslimes are so peaceful they make the Dalai Lama look like Attila the Hun, just ask em, they’ll tell you.
tim gallagher says
Spot on, Keith O, about how peaceful so many of these Muslims are. But when your hero, your chosen one of god, is a murdering scumbag like Muhammad (even though I don’t believe he ever actually existed, then this endless violence is what you get. Islam produces a neverending supply of evil monsters like this price of crap in this report.
gravenimage says
Tim, have you gotten my emails?
tim gallagher says
gravenimage, I hardly ever look at my emails so i just checked on them now and saw an email from you there. Thanks for bothering with that. Well, you always seem like a very friendly type of person, as do Wellington, James, somehistory, and others here at Jihad Watch. I am very much a hermit, well a loner for various reasons, as I have often said, and have had many mental health issues over the years, so I probably come across better communicating on Jihad Watch than in real life, but, if you want to communicate by email, why not. Yesterday, I was out playing golf with a long time friend, who is a musician, and he was telling me about songwriting groups in Sydney, which is something I must say I had never even thought about (or even thought they existed) so that was interesting. All the best to you and Wellington, and by all means, communicate with me on my email if you want to do so. Here in Australia, we have huge problems with skin cancer, I’ve had several cut out and I am waiting on a biopsy result, so I’m a little concerned at the moment about whether it is serious or not (as in a melanoma type cancer).
gravenimage says
Tim, glad you got those emails. I don’t always check my email all that often, either. Hope the results of your biopsy are good.
tim gallagher says
Thanks, gravenimage, I hope the result of the biopsy goes OK. I wrote this in a reply to you a couple of hours ago, but it doesn’t seem to have gone through. I only received one email from you, so maybe other emails didn’t get through. Not to worry. All the best to you and your husband and your cats..
gravenimage says
Thanks, Tim.
Check Burry says
Replace B with Z grade.
Steve says
Seventeen? So they were married for 8 years then.
Keith O says
No, ten!
Check Burry says
So is he now caring for 10 offspring?
somehistory says
In islam, there is no redeeming quality. islam is garbage from satan the devil and that can only mean evil comes from it. No value, no virtue, no good. And absolutely no ***honor.****
This slug, so prideful in his actions…his uncle and his brother, all deserve to hang high for this murder. Such immorality, such demonic actions, will not go unpunished.
Infidel says
The real news in this story was the part about the husband and his brother being arrested – almost as though honor-killing is a crime in Iran
I’m guessing that that was either b’cos he was
‣Arab
‣Sunni
‣Known to be unsupportive of the regime
gravenimage says
Iran: Muslim beheads his 17-year-old wife in honor killing, parades her severed head in the street
………..
This *poor child*. And the Mullahs don’t want this reported.
More:
As “blood owners,” the immediate family members “are allowed to demand execution for the murder of their loved one, therefore most honor killings go unpunished.”
………..
In other words, most families *approve* of these horrible “Honor” murders.
And distinctions about the victim’s family and that of the murderer are moot here in any case:
Her father helped the husband, who is his nephew, to bring the woman back to the country.
The husband and his brother, who apparently committed the murder together have been arrested.
………..
As so often, “Honor Killings” are a family affair in Islam. This woman was lured back so that she could be murdered. You hear about this all the time.
Don’t expect any justice here.
OLD GUY says
Caveman style, and here I thought we were in the 21st century. We have modern computer controlled everything and yet we still have Muslims/Islamic dinosaurs living amongst us. Shouldn’t we put them in cages at the ZOO with the rest of the animals? Or is this how man really wants to live in this world with blood and guts on the streets on a daily routine? I vote NO!
James Lincoln says
This Iranian savage reminds me of Leatherface from the movie “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974).