Judge Thomas Kelm explained his lenient sentence by saying: “The victim insulted him before the crime, that is a violation of his honor.” 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 […]
Germany: Relatives of Muslim who killed woman mock victim’s family, ‘The girl played with my brother’s honor’
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 […]