This mistreatment and violence could be rooted in the same assumptions that lead to honor killings. 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.”
“Afghan couple holds their daughter (23) in Vienna like a slave,” translated from “Afghanisches Ehepaar hält Tochter (23) in Wien wie Sklavin gefangen,” Exxpress, May 28, 2023 (thanks to Medforth):
An Afghan (53) and his wife, who was a year younger, were arrested in Vienna-Döbling on Saturday evening. The first reports mentioned an Iranian couple, but this has now been corrected. According to the police, the two are said to have abused their daughter (23), who had lived with them until the end, for years. The victim had filed a complaint.
The person concerned suffered under the strict regime of her parents since childhood and experienced violence. As police spokesman Philipp Haßlinger said, she is said to have been regularly beaten and tortured for around ten years. Verbal humiliation was apparently the order of the day. The father is said to have torn earrings from the girl’s earlobe as punishment or punished the daughter with a belt if she did not meet his standards and values. She is said to have been locked in the apartment for several days and deprived of her freedom.
“It cannot be ruled out that religious and ideological backgrounds played a role,” said Hasslinger. The parents are formally stateless, but are originally from Iran. The daughter also accuses the two of having had to take out loans for them from a bank under threat of violence.
The parents deny the allegations against them. After the suspects had been questioned by the criminal police, they were taken to the Josefstadt prison. In addition to continued use of force and deprivation of liberty, investigations are also carried out into the direction of severe extortion and severe coercion. The LKA, West Branch, is conducting further investigations. The 23-year-old is now in a women’s shelter.
Daughter brought to safety in women’s shelter
“It cannot be ruled out that religious and ideological backgrounds played a role,” said Hasslinger. The parents are formally stateless, but are originally from Iran. The daughter also accuses the two of having had to take out loans for them from a bank under threat of violence.The parents deny the allegations. They were taken to the Josefstadt prison. In addition to continued use of force and deprivation of liberty, investigations are also carried out into the direction of severe extortion and severe coercion. The daughter is now in a women’s shelter.
Burnaby Lad says
The father is said to have torn earrings from his daughter’s earlobes as punishment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRP8rkrB7U
OLD GUY says
Muslims/islamic religious followers always use violence to control others.