She eloped with a man. He disapproved. So she had to die. But the father knew he would get off lightly: “Reza Ashrafi sought legal advice before he killed his daughter, and knew that his maximum sentence could only be ten years in prison.” Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. The Palestinian Authority […]
Iran: Islamic regime pressures psychologists to stop talking publicly about violence against women
Three honor killings in less than a month have upset many Iranians, who have taken to social media to express their outrage over the treatment of women under Iran’s Islamic laws. Many Iranians are “blaming the Islamic government for policies of light punishment for the guilty perpetrators.” In response, the regime has gone into full […]
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 […]