Islamic law forbids Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men; the Qur’an says: “And chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking lovers.” (5:5) This is generally understood among […]
Germany: Muslim migrant murders his seven-year-old daughter, possibly during video chat with the girl’s mother
A father murdering his own daughter could be an 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 […]
Canada: Muslim migrant couple threatens their daughter with honor killing, won’t be deported
“Their words were taken literally instead of figuratively,” Lutz said. “In my interaction with the entire family, I came to the conclusion that this is a manner of speech that they never really intend to carry any of this out, but they do it so to say, ‘You should mind me, because this is what […]
Pakistan: Imam among those indicted for honor murder of model Qandeel Baloch
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 […]
Washington state: Muslim migrant stabs his wife 23 times in front of their children
Deputy Prosecutor Brian Hultgrenn “alleges that in the days leading up to the attack, Sweidan threatened to kill his wife before she could divorce him or leave him….Alhafeth, 40, filed for divorce in late October. Her petition states the couple married May 23, 1996, in Homs, Syria, but the marriage was ‘irretrievably broken’ on Aug. […]
Another honor killing in Pakistan: Muslim family murders couple for marrying for love
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 […]
Pakistan: Muslim hacks his wife, a mother of eight, to death with an axe 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 […]
Robert Spencer video: The UK’s criminal negligence in refusing to prosecute FGM cases
In this new video, I discuss statements of Ivan Balhatchet, the British National Police Chiefs’ Council’s lead on honour violence, that female genital mutilation are too “nuanced” to prosecute. Balhatchet likewise excused official inaction on honor violence.
London: Number of prosecutions of honor killings and forced marriages “appallingly” low
Of course. The Metropolitan Police’s foremost priority is not to enforce the law, or to bring justice to the victims of honor violence and forced marriage. It is to avoid appearing “Islamophobic,” and since Muslims are the primary perpetrators of both of these crimes, the number of prosecutions is going to remain “appallingly” low until […]
Netherlands: 13-year-old Muslim tries to kill his mother because “women are not allowed to divorce”
A divorced woman “dishonors the family.” Killing a divorced woman honors the family. That’s Islamic morality. 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 […]