Few in the courtroom likely realized the importance of what the murderer’s sister said. Saying that the victim “played with” her brother’s “honor” meant that killing her was justified, as far as the killer’s family was concerned. In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently […]
58 ‘Palestinian’ women murdered in domestic violence in the last two years
There is, of course, domestic violence in all cultures. So to post this is just “Islamophobic,” right? Wrong: there is domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction. Islam doesn’t teach that man may kill his wife, but once you’ve allowed him to beat her, accidents will happen. The […]
Syria: Muslim family murders teen girl after she tried to run away with her lover and refused to marry her cousin
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 […]
Iran: Couple who committed three honor murders has no regrets, ‘I killed people who were very morally corrupt’
They have no regrets because there is abundant acceptance of honor killing in many Islamic cultures. 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 […]
India: Muslim family murders teen daughter and her Hindu boyfriend after warning her against love affair
Islamic law forbids Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men. “And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he […]
Italy: Muslim migrant mother lured her daughter back home, where she was murdered in honor killing
The same thing allegedly happened in the Islamic honor killing of Amina and Sarah Said in Texas. Pamela Geller reported in 2012 that the girls had escaped their home, but then their mother, Patricia Said, “convinced Sarah that she would be safe and should go with her, and then together they worked on convincing Amina […]
Texas: Muslim gets 12 years for hiding his brother, who murdered his daughters for dating non-Muslims
When Yaser Said was caught in August 2020, Irving police Chief Jeff Spivey said: “This man brutally murdered — shot to death — his two daughters in his taxi cab. What led him to do that, I think at this point to us, is irrelevant.” And I pointed out that reports at the time of […]
Honor killing spree in Iran: Parents who killed son confess that they previously killed daughter and son-in-law
Why does the Iranian legal system treat parents who murder their children with relative leniency? Because of the general acceptance of honor killing in the Islamic world. 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 […]
Italy: Muslim migrants suspected of murdering daughter for refusing arranged marriage with cousin
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 […]
Turkey: Muslim stabs his wife 46 times, killing her, gets sentence reduced because she ‘provoked’ him
In Islamic law and the culture that results from it, the onus is on women in so many ways. Most notably, women must cover everything except their face and hands because it is their responsibility to keep men from being tempted. If men are tempted anyway, it’s the woman’s fault for failing to prevent this. […]