A crime against my neighbor in Algeria. June 1986 by Kahina Sara was 20, just finished her first year of collage in Batna. She was in love with a boy from school. But as her father had arranged a marriage for her with a Muslim man. Sara was to be married as soon as she […]
Muslim couple from UK gunned down in Pakistan in honor killing
A different twist in this one: the prospective in-laws and their son were murdered. “British couple gunned down in Pakistan in suspected honour killing after calling off marriage,” from the Daily Mail, August 9 (thanks to all who sent this in): A British couple who flew to Pakistan to settle a row over their daughter’s […]
Canadian Council of Muslim Women opposes addition of honor killings to Criminal Code
Now wait a minute: the mainstream media has told us, whenever an honor killing has taken place in North America or Europe, that honor killing is a cultural practice that has nothing to do with Islam — despite the fact that Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. What’s more, a manual of Islamic […]
UK: Four Muslims found guilty in botched honor killing
Jurors encountered “a spectacular number of lies.” An update on this story. “Four guilty of bungled ‘honour killings,’” by Kim Pilling for the Press Association, August 2 (thanks to Block Ness): Four men were convicted today of murdering a couple in a bungled honour killing arson attack. Abdullah Mohammed, 41, and his wife, Aysha Mohammed, […]
Fox and Friends: Pamela Geller on SIOA honor killing awareness campaign and The Post-American Presidency
The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War On America by Pamela Geller with Robert Spencer
Freedom riding in New York City
Jihad Watch reader Christine kindly sent me this photo she snapped only minutes ago in Manhattan, where our SIOA freedom cabs have just started running. Thanks, Christine!
Jordan: Muslim murders his 16-year-old niece in honor killing — because she was a rape victim
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.” “Jordanian shoots dead sex victim niece as ‘honour killing,’” from Sapa, July 24 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): A […]
Honor killing in Turkey: Girl murdered by 15-year-old brother
Ninety percent of honor killings worldwide are done by Muslims. Yet the world human rights organizations continue to look the other way and treat the practice as purely “cultural,” instead of calling Islamic countries to account for their tolerance of honor killing. “Turkey: Honor Killing; Girl Murdered By 15-Years-Old [sic] Brother,” from ANSAmed, July 22 […]
Canada: Muslim woman will not go to jail for strangling her teenage daughter with a head scarf
The apotheosis of multiculturalism. Ain’t tolerance grand? For everyone except Aminat Magomadova, that is. Honor-killing mother walks: “Calgary mom who strangled daughter gets suspended sentence,” by Daryl Slade in the Calgary Herald, July 15 (thanks to Josephine): CALGARY – The Calgary mother who killed her teenage daughter by strangling her with a scarf more than […]
Honor killing in Pakistan: Muslim guns down his mother for leaving the house
Sharia dictates that a woman is not to leave the house without permission from her husband or father. “Woman gunned down by son over ‘honour,’” from the Daily Times, July 14 (thanks to Block Ness): KARACHI: A man shot his mother dead allegedly over honour at their house in Shershah police precincts on Tuesday. According […]