Islamic law forbids non-Muslim men to marry Muslim women. And so these young people had to be killed. Better murder than a marriage that violates Sharia.
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar, 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 father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.” (‘Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.
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 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but “the new law says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of passion or honour ‘provided he serves a prison term of no less than two years in the case of killing.’” And 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.”
Until the encouragement Islamic law gives to honor killing is acknowledged and confronted, more women will suffer.
“Bihar: Muslim girl, Hindu boy found dead; girl’s kin held,” Express News Service, November 30, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Police on Wednesday recovered bodies of a Hindu boy (15) and a Muslim girl (14) from different places in Bihar’s West Champaran district and suspected the two might have been killed over an affair.
The West Champaran police arrested three relatives of the girl and said that they are waiting for the postmortem report for further investigation. The boy and girl, from adjoining villages of Nautan, studied in different schools. The boy had gone missing on Monday night.
Nautan police station in-charge Kundan Kumar said the girl’s body was recovered from the bank of Chandravat river near Khap Tola. He said that the boy’s body was recovered from Sareh. “Prima facie investigation suggests the two were killed over an affair by the girl’s relatives. We have arrested the girl’s brother Alauddin Ansari and uncles — Gulsanovar Mian and Aamir Mian — on suspicion of killing the two.”…
“The body of the girl was dumped into a gorge, smeared with salt and covered with mud close to the Chandravat river. The body has been exhumed by the police. The boy’s body was recovered 2 km away from the girl’s house,” Superintendent of Police, Bettiah, Vinay Kumar told PTI. — with PTI inputs
Cornelius says
Two things to note here (and forgive me friends for repeating myself, but these points need repeating)…
1) For every Muslim woman murdered for “honor”, there are a million others who fearfully constrict their lives and their potential in order to avoid such a fate
2) For those apologists who insist honor killings have nothing to do with religion, the legal basis can be found in the Islamic law on apostasy. Those women whose behavior (or perceived behavior) puts them outside the parameters of the faith have committed apostasy…and therefore have forfeited their lives.
Voytek Gagalka says
That’s because Islam is based on fear. The fear of leaving it (apostasy) or fear of being accused as “not good enough Muslim” (hypocrite) by all powerful “elders” of the tribe. Moreover, even if one “skillfully” avoids entrapments in such accusations in daily life, there is multitude of examples within Qur’an of direct threats and punishments (“torments”) from highest authority awaiting all those not-sufficient-believers in the afterlife. Clear proof that it is based on nothing but fear. No wonder that with having such intimidation they are so afraid.
Benedict says
That’s the internalized islamophobia migrating Muslims are imposing on infidels, when their fear boils over and translates into violence and terror.
Carolyne says
A poster on this forum recently said that if he did not believe in God’s laws he would be raping and pillaging, killing, robbing banks, etc, or words to that effect. I responded that being a decent person only because of the expectation of a reward after death doesn’t count. (I neglected to point out that laws on earth prevent his doing those things if he is so inclined and punishment for violating those earthly laws is meted out during his lifetime .) But it seems to me that Muslims act for the same reasons–they will go to paradise, which is just one big Muslim house of prostitution.
I try to live a civilized life without fear of any imagined hereafter because I believe in preserving our culture and values so that they can be passed to future generations.
But Muslims rape and pillage because their religion requires it, and their reward is in heaven. A very dangerous philosophy.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Carolyne. Good post.
gravenimage says
All true, Cornelius.
Wellington says
Seconded.
Infidel says
This is the usual norm in India… only now it is getting reported on international forums and of course thank Robert for highlighting this..
mortimer says
This is the ultimate form of misogyny! Where are the Feminists protesting the MOST EXTREME form of misogyny… honor killing?
Their silence proves they are not Feminists.
gravenimage says
India: Muslim family murders 14-year-old daughter and her Hindu boyfriend
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These poor kids.
God, I hate Islam.
Manny says
Savages. It’s a religion built on violence and hatred of others.
Wellington says
Sure is. You’d think by now most everyone would have figured this out and the fact that such has not occurred stands as testimony to arguably the greatest illusion and delusion in all of mankind’s history, i.e., that Islam is something good when, in truth, it is rooted in malevolence, stupidity and massive ignorance.
Xero_G says
Honor Killing: The Sharia version of (albeit post-birth) abortion.
roberta says
Honor killing? Impossible. A Pride killing is what this is.
Max Publius says
Recommend you just say Muslims commit 100% of so-called honor killings, so we can watch the “moderate Muslims” say they only commit 91%.
Peter says
Islam is another name for evil
Savvy Kafir says
There is nothing even remotely surprising about this. It’s just what you would expect from misogynistic, infidel-hating savages whose capacity for familial love has been stunted by a toxic religion.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Regarding women in Mohammadism here is a clip (youtube video) of a really, really, really, really, really weird Mohammadin cult:
“Islamic Creationism,” “Islamic Feminism,” the A9 Channel, The Kittens and Adnan Oktar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Oktar). I wonder how they will stay alive in Erdogan’s Turkey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bH21w2R0hc
Carolyne says
For Mr. Spencer to be designated a “Leading American Islamophobe,” is a very high honor indeed. Much more honorable than being designated a Muslim Toady, such as Teresa May and Angela Merkel.