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Peshang is a Kurdish name, found commonly in Iraq and Iran.
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.”
“Prosecutor suspects honor killing in Apeldoorn woman’s death, brother accused,” NL Times, December 12, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects that the killing of a 28-year-old woman in Apeldoorn on September 5, 2023, was an act of “honor killing.” This allegation was presented during the first preparatory hearing at the Zutphen court on Tuesday. The victim’s brother, Peshang A., is the accused. However, the 35-year-old man’s lawyer argued that such a conclusion is “far too premature.”
On a bright day, the woman was walking with her 3-year-old daughter on Casper Fagelstraat when, according to the Public Prosecution Service, she was attacked from behind and killed with dozens of knife stabs to her upper body, neck, and head. Her child was unharmed.
“What seemed like a horrendous act by a single person soon turned out to be a premeditated, widely discussed case of honor killing,” said one of the two prosecutors. The lawyer countered this, stating, “The investigation is not yet complete, and this is one of the things that still needs to be examined. Honor killing is very complex. Now, this case is being pushed too much into a cultural corner.”
The OM then quoted a statement in which A. had said he “just killed his sister and that he had to do it out of tradition.” “She had to die because she did not adhere to cultural norms,” said the OM.
A. appeared via a video link. He stated his unwillingness to cooperate in a psychiatric examination. “What do I have to gain from that?” he wondered. “Everything I told the police has been twisted.” However, he did say he would speak more at the next court session….
Hoi Polloi says
“Honor killing is very complex.”
Seems simple. She was stabbed to death by what passes for family. Leave it to islam to distort and destroy the meaning of honor.
somehistory says
Astute comment, HP. As is your usual cut the chase thinking.
Hoi Polloi says
Well, thank you very much, some. Quite a compliment coming from you. Hope all is well.
somehistory says
Quite a compliment in return, HP.
Things are chugging along; thanks for the hope And I hope things are going well in your neck of the woods.
gravenimage says
+1
somehistory says
It’s only “complex” in the minds of those who want to excuse it for whatever *reason* one may have.
There is no honor in the murder of a family member for any *reason,* but combined with the evils of islam, it is obvious to any thinking person, the murder is a purely selfish action.
Hang him high. He has deprived a young woman of her life, and deprived a young child of her mother.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So much for the reputed moderation of the Kurds! Much less them being our “allies”
OLD GUY says
NO it is not HONOR to kill anyone, even executing the worst mass murderer is not honor. What the hell kind of religion has HONOR KILLING allowed by man because they are offended? I would think that if muslims/islamics Allah was so powerful he could handle his own level of punishment for being offended. I rather think that Muslims who commit honor killing of Allahs creations are in for a bad surprise when they go to NOT paradise.
gravenimage says
Netherlands: Muslim accused in suspected honor killing of his sister
“She had to die because she did not adhere to cultural norms,” said the OM.
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But murdering what should be your loved ones could not be more Islamic.
God, I hate Islam.