Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father […]
“Nice legs”: Video shows Texas Muslim father making creepy remarks to daughters he murdered in honor killing
Longtime Jihad Watch readers are familiar with the horrifying case of Amina and Sarah Said, whom their father Yaser Said murdered in an honor killing in Texas on New Year’s Day in 2008. “Trotter added that Amina and Sarah had nowhere to turn in Texas. No one understood that a teenager saying ‘My Dad is […]
Honor killing in Trinidad: Teen Muslima murdered for being seen with non-Muslim man
Islamic law forbids Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, although it allows Muslim men to marry non-Muslim women. The idea is that the Muslim community is always expanding, while the non-Muslim community is always in decline. Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to […]
UK: Sharia court hands down sentence approving of honor killing
It happened right on British soil. This is momentous, but not an aberration. It happened in a British Sharia court in Lancashire. The Plaintiff had been “disrespected” (i.e., dishonored) by a neighbor, so he demanded at the Sharia court that their children marry each other as compensation. Fast forward a bit, it turns out that […]
Trump: US shouldn’t admit those who practice “‘honor’ killings, other forms of violence against women”
War on women! I posted this excerpt from “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” President Trump’s executive order on immigration, earlier, but there are so many aspects of it that deserve emphasis, I thought another post was warranted. You can read the full text here. In order to protect Americans, we must […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Media Ignores That Muslim Hate Crime Hoaxer Is in Real Danger
A shaved head as punishment. Islamic honor killings do happen here. My latest in PJ Media: After her story made international headlines, it came out last week that a hijab-wearing Muslim who said she was harassed and threatened on a New York subway by drunk Donald Trump supporters actually made the whole story up. But […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders his teenage daughter and her male cousin in Islamic honor killing
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders daughter for “honor,” goes free after pardoning himself
In Islamic law, the family of a person who is killed can demand restitution. But in this case, the father — that is, the killer — waived this demand, so he received no punishment at all. Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. […]
Pakistan: Muslim leader says bill against honor killing is un-Islamic
AP recently lied: “The killers routinely invoke Islam, but rarely can they cite anything other than their belief that Islam doesn’t allow the mixing of sexes. Even Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic Ideology Council, which is hardly known for speaking out to protect women, says the practice defies Islamic tenets.” Here is the reality: Muslims commit 91 […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders his sister for marrying a Christian, AP falsely states that practice violates Islamic teaching
“The killers routinely invoke Islam, but rarely can they cite anything other than their belief that Islam doesn’t allow the mixing of sexes. Even Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic Ideology Council, which is hardly known for speaking out to protect women, says the practice defies Islamic tenets.” That is flatly false. According to Islamic law, “it is […]