The victim may have angered her brother-in-law and other family members so much that it made them believe that she had transgressed this Qur’anic dictate: “And it is not fitting for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and his messenger have settled a matter, that they should claim any say in the matter, and whoever is rebellious to Allah and his messenger, he indeed goes astray in obvious error.” (Qur’an 33:36)
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.”
“17-Year-Old Girl Murdered in ‘Honor Killing’ in Iran,” Iran Wire, July 24, 2025:
A 17-year-old girl was killed by her brother-in-law and other family members in what authorities are describing as an “honor killing” in Iran’s Kerman Province.
Zahra Shakari was murdered on Sunday in the village of Khabar by her sister’s husband and other relatives, who claimed they were “preserving family honor,” according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
The family staged the scene to make it appear that Shakari had died by suicide, after she entered a relationship with someone outside the family, Hengaw reported….
The location where her body was found hanging was too high for someone of her height to reach unassisted….
Shakari had previously told the person she was in a relationship with that her sister and brother-in-law had threatened her….
In 2023, Shargh newspaper reported that at least 165 women were killed by male relatives between 2021 and 2023, with 27 of those murders occurring in the first three months of 2023 alone – many classified as “honor killings.”
These figures reflect only reported cases – the actual numbers are believed to be significantly higher.
Troybeam says
Honor killings, Islam’s murder rule and get away with it.
All it takes is a whisper of wrong doing according to the person listening. Does not matter if true or false, the person must die for dishonoring the family.
The person cannot defend the charge, need 3 witnesses to back her up & no one will speak up for fear of the same punishment.
Islam the word means submit and desperate people submit to Islam not understanding that one can never leave as Islam has a sharia law code that states “he who leaves Islam must be killed”
Betcha they don’t tell you that either.
Tony says
Yes. Islam means surrender (involuntary) instead of submit (voluntary). One surrenders by becoming a Muslim. Please see Quran 48:16; 49:14-15. Keep sharing your knowledge.
Westman says
Snuffing out a woman’s life and future children for the perception that some beings, who really think the planet would be better without you, actually care about your “honor” is bat—- crazy. Only a sick religion could create the conditions where this is “normal”.
This trend seems to indicate that Muslim men, on average, have a poor relationship with women, dismissing them as unserious lessers, replaceable sex objects, and servants. When a Muslim woman gains real civil power, such as Benazir Bhutto, or rejects male domination they are punished or dispatched.
Muhammad told women to their faces that they are silly and lesser – then quoted his own “revelation” as the evidence. This is cynically hilarious.
The contrast between the Muslim women and the other women in India is startling. Yet, on average, they are the same genetically so the difference of how they are treated is not related to race, rather, it is the culture created by Islam.
Nothing illustrates depth of ignorance greater than Western feminists “demonstrating” for Hamas who are all, of course, Palestinians and in sentiment, vice versa.
Troybeam says
ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION, it is a theocracy. Just because the use of the word God makes it a religion is not truth.
Just to clarify the truth.
somehistory says
A person can worship their own body, as Paul wrote, “Their god is their belly (Philippians).”
Worship is what makes something a “religion.”
islime is worship of a false evil god….and is a false and evil religion for that reason.
Westman says
Troybeam, Islam is a religion that typically creates a Theocratic government. However it fits all the definitions of religion.
People who have no plan for existence in some form after death are typically Athiests. Those who do expect to be conscious after death, indeed, have some form of religion whether institutional or self-constructed and generally have a doctrine of rules for living and an expected after-life destination.
There can be no existence after earthly death that does not depend on a mechanism and a creator or multiple creators of that mechanism. Monotheism declares there is only one. Polytheism allows many as we observe in Roman and Greek history.
A few definitions of religion:
The belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers, regarded as creating and governing the universe.
Use: “respect for religion.”
A particular variety of such belief, especially when organized into a system of doctrine and practice.
Use: “the world’s many religions.”
A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
Use: “a widow who went into religion and became a nun.”
A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
Use: “a person for whom art became a religion.”
The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety.
Use: “ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers”
OLD GUY says
Murdering your family members is such an honorable thing. Islam and sharia are NOT compatible with modern life, they come from the caveman era and need to be returned.
Big Dude says
This will become common in Europe, Latin America, and Canada. And, it will become the norm in the United States as soon as these ‘true believers’ take power. First comes LGBTQ, and then honor killings, then the Saturday people, and finally the Sunday people. And the world doesn’t care. No Jews. No news.
Billy says
Yes. If you use Muslim deceit(Quran 7:99; 8:30; 3:54, etc.), Muslims can attack every group simultaneously at will using lies and deceit as taught in Islam’s Quran. Allah in Qur’an 8:39 commands Muslims to fight Non-Muslims until they surrender to Muslim rule when it says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…”
Gurek says
I thought Latin America had very few Muslims. Is that place too not safe for us anymore? I wonder if some Asian countries like Japan can survive in the future.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
It does, although there have been some moving to places like Venezuela, courtesy Hizbullah
Japan & South Korea, which both used to be pretty good, have started taking in muslims to address their population shortfalls – the same rationale that the EU used. Actually, Japan was doing fine when they had robots doing work such as nursing
somehistory says
The poor girl. The scum-in-law probably wanted her for a second wife and a “relationship outside the family” was going to spoil that.
And a cowardly act to try to make her …the victim…the guilty perpetration in a suicide..
May all of the guilty soon reap.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If Iranians are secretly – or openly apostatizing from islam, one thing they’ll have to do, once they get back control of their country, would be criminalizing honor killings altogether. That will be one litmus test of any new regime, the other being the normalization of relations w/ Israel to the point of an embassy in Jerusalem
Maria V says
And these animals now reside in every Country in the world and infesting the rest of the people they reside in. I read somewhere in a Catholic book that Jesus Christ will send them (muslimes) all into the Sea when the time comes.
I Hale says
The family has dishonored itself and committed MURDER. This is beyond comprehension to a normal human being. As a Christian I have no other comment other than to pray for the soul of the girl and pray that the Persian people are released from the demonic possession Islamic Sharia Qu’uran. Sad beyond belief
clive roach says
Sub human how can anyone expect to interact with Muslims pure evil and we allow them into our country they hate every thing we stand for and will never except our way of life they are here to take over time to get tough 😡
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“The family staged the scene to make it appear that Shakari had died by suicide…”
Why?
I thought that it was a very islamic “honor” killing…