Of course. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah […]
Indonesia: Muslim brothers hack their 16-year-old sister to death with machete for having sexual relations
There is no justification for a 45-year-old man having sex with a 16-year-old girl. But there is likewise no justification for murdering the 16-year-old girl. The article below says that it is unusual for this to happen in Indonesia, but given the sanction honor killing has in Islamic law, it’s not all that surprising. According […]
Honor killing rampant in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and spreading to the West
Two teenage sisters, 16 and 18 years old, were shot dead by their brother and father in a remote tribal region of North Waziristan in Pakistan, after video of them with a man surfaced online. They were killed to save the “honor” of their families. The accused have been arrested, say Pakistan’s police, drawing commendations […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Brother torches house, kills his 18-year-old sister for marrying a man he disliked
“This comes as the news of the beheading of a 13-year-old girl by her father in a so-called ‘honor killing’ in the same province shook Iran on Tuesday and stoked a nationwide outcry.” Why does this keep happening? According to Islamic law, “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Father beheads his 13-year-old daughter in honor killing
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). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Two teen girls killed for honor by cousin over 52-second video of them with young man
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 […]
Denmark: Muslim migrant subjects wife to “severe violence, incarceration, and humiliation,” finally murders her
A culture of violence, the foundational text of which commands men to beat women from whom they “fear disobedience” (Qur’an 4:34), is going to give rise to this sort of thing, just as that same foundational text’s calls for violence against unbelievers (2:191, 4:89, 9:5, 9:29, 47:4, etc.) are going to give rise to jihad […]
Australia: Muslim beheads brother of wife’s lover, says “the system has betrayed me just because I am a foreigner”
Always the victim. In all circumstances. No matter what. It’s a fine art, really. It must take a great deal of practice to invert reality so habitually and indefatigably. But we see it with Islamic supremacists again and again and again. “Meatworker Mohammed Khan jailed for life over beheading murder of friend during fishing trip,” […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: 108 women murdered for honor in 2019 in one province alone
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 […]
Germany: Muslim migrant murders his sister’s Christian boyfriend to restore his family’s honor
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 […]
Italy: Father of Muslim migrant who brutally murdered his non-Muslim girlfriend says “Marianne was not worthy of him”
Rabih Badr’s father has a point, an Islamic point. “The indemnity for the death or injury of a woman is one-half the indemnity paid for a man. The indemnity paid for a Jew or Christian is one-third the indemnity paid for a Muslim. The indemnity paid for a Zoroastrian is one-fifteenth that of a Muslim.” […]
Pakistan: Muslim parents stone daughter, 10, to death in honor killing, imam also arrested
The parents were apparently arrested, but they’re not likely to experience much trouble. 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 […]
Canada: Muslima convicted in honor killing of three girls gets escorted absence from prison for humanitarian reasons
“The Parole Board of Canada says it approved Tooba Yahya’s request ‘for humanitarian and compassionate reasons.’” Is there any compassion for Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti? Or would that be “Islamophobic”? “Mother convicted in Shafia daughters’ canal killings granted 5-hour escorted absence from prison,” by Colin Harris, CBC News, December 13, 2019: The woman convicted for […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Minor girl stoned to death for honor
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 […]
Texas: Muslima charged with conspiring with her family to kill her sister for converting to Christianity
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
Austria: Muslim migrant stabs his wife and 2-year-old child to death in honor killing
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 […]
UK Muslim who murdered man who made a pass at his sister in honor killing hid for nearly 20 years in New Jersey
And anyone who might have questioned Tabraz Mohammed about what he thought about Islamic honor killing would have denounced as a “racist,” “bigoted,” “Islamophobe.” “After 18 years on the run, honor killing fugitive pleads guilty to murder,” Telegraph, October 25, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): After 18 years on the run, an honor […]
Honor killing in Texas: Muslim beats his daughter and grandson to death, says “Yes that’s fine. I did it”
There will be much, much more of this in America: 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 […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: 70 honor killings in six months in Sindh
No surprise here. 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 […]
Tlaib blames “Palestinian” honor killing on “toxic masculinity” and “Israeli military occupation”
You can’t possibly be surprised by this at this point. The “toxic masculinity” bit is clever. In trying to use a “Palestinian” Islamic honor killing to weaken further American men and make them less likely to and capable of defending their homeland — you have to give Tlaib points for imagination, as well as audacity. […]