This was quite clearly an attempted honor killing: “Fatima had told police at the time that her father threatened to kill her several times for refusing the arranged marriage and dating a non-Muslim boy.” Yet “Judge Schaller ruled that discussing arranged marriage, threats of honor killings, or family history of abuse would unfairly bias the […]
Washington state: Muslim mother caught trying to flee to Canada after attempted honor murder of daughter
In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for […]