In “The Said Honor Murders: Indict the Mother” in the American Thinker today, Pamela Geller reveals some startling new developments in the honor murder of Amina and Sarah Said by their father, Yaser Said: The honor killing of Amina and Sarah Said on January 1, 2008 is emblematic of the government’s and media establishment’s indifference […]
Muslim mother accused in UK honor murder of teen implicates husband, CNN dissembles about Islam’s justification for practice
Typical Islamic supremacist dissembling, aided and abetted by CNN: “Prosecutor Afzal says ‘no faith on Earth’ justifies killing.” Unfortunately, that is not true. Why does it matter whether or not there are Islamic teachings that justify honor killing? In order to help clarify for authorities what they are and why they happen, so that future […]
Woman, two children beheaded in Afghanistan 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 University, 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 […]
Sharia in action: Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests
“If it is proved that the woman was not virgin and sought to get married without telling the man, there is no law that protects her.” Democracy On the March in Brave New Democratic Iraq: “Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests,” from AFP, July 1 (thanks to Kenneth): Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests that […]
Texas: Muslim admits shooting daughter and her non-Muslim boyfriend because he didn’t like her dating a non-Muslim — police not considering it attempted honor killing
Why does it matter whether or not this is considered an honor killing? In order to help clarify for American law enforcement personnel what one is, so that future honor killings may possibly be prevented. Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni […]
India: Muslim mob hacks non-Muslim to death for marrying Muslim girl
Islamic law forbids non-Muslim men to marry Muslim women. See now benign and compatible with Western values Sharia is? “Man murdered for marrying Muslim girl,” from PTI, June 16 (thanks to Twostellas): A 24-year old man was hacked to death allegedly by the brother of a Muslim girl and his associates for marrying her, triggering […]
Honor murder in Kuwait: Four brothers kill teen sister on orders of father
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, 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 […]
Egyptian “Honor”: Brothers Butcher Mother, Sister, and Aunt
Over at Gatestone Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I describe yet the latest “honor-slaughter”: According to the June 5 edition of Youm7, two brothers in a village in Assuit, Egypt, slaughtered their mother, sister, and aunt, “after discovering their sister’s actions were contrary to morality.” After chaos erupted in the house, including gunfire, local police surrounded and […]
Muslim shouting “Allahu akbar” beheads wife in front of their six children, throws her head off apartment roof
A particularly gruesome honor murder in Germany. The detail about his shouting “Allahu akbar” is in this German story (thanks to Pamela Geller). “Husband ‘butchers wife, 30, in front of their six children before throwing her dismembered head from roof of their apartment,’” by Allan Hall in the Daily Mail, June 4 (thanks to all […]
Aunt of Texas honor killing victims says police have bungled murder investigation
While Fox News and the Daily Mail are irresponsibly publishing utterly baseless speculation about the honor murders of Amina and Sarah Said, Pamela Geller has some actual news: an assessment of the case as it stands now from Gail Gartrell, Amina and Sarah’s aunt. May 30, 2012 Justice? I think not! It is nearing the […]