New in PJ Media: A mother in Texas has pleaded guilty to severe abuse of her fourteen-year-old daughter, including choking, beating, and even burning. The case is horrifying enough in itself, but it uncovers even deeper issues that no one in American public life has yet shown any willingness to face. Eventually, however, these issues […]
Texas: Muslim mom pleads guilty to beating, choking, burning teen daughter for not wearing hijab, overcooking bread
The daughter is the victim here, but it is hard not to have sympathy for Sittarh Mazhar Khan, who was likely treating her daughter the way she herself was treated when she was a teenager. The abuse of women is hard-wired into Islamic texts, and so has gone on unchallenged for generations. The Qur’an teaches […]