Jordanian Man Kills his Sister in “Honor” Killing Only to Find that She was Still a Virgin
So nice to hear that “honor” killings in Jordan are on the rise from previous years… I’m sure it’s all cultural and not Islamic at all… </sarcasm>
H/T to Warner
Woman shot in honour killing a virgin
The Australian
By correspondents in Amman | March 10, 2008
POLICE said they had charged a Jordanian with premeditated murder after his 23-year-old sister and her boyfriend were shot dead in an apparent “honour killing”.
“The suspect shot his sister four times and her Syrian shepherd boyfriend six times when he caught them (together) red-handed early on Sunday” in the eastern Shumari natural reserve near the desert city of Azraq, a spokesman said.
“He turned himself in shortly after the crime, and forensic tests proved that his sister was still a virgin when she was murdered.”
The spokesman said two of the suspect’s cousins had been charged as accessories to the crime, the third such killing this year.
Jordanian authorities recorded a total of 17 so-called “honour” killings in 2007, slightly up on previous years.
The killers often receive light sentences if convicted, as parliament has twice refused to reform the penal code despite pressure from human rights groups to end the near impunity of the perpetrators.
10 March, 2008 at 1:54 pm
So much “honor” in the ummah and yet they keep on doing dishonorable things. Ah, the irony!
10 March, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Another six month prison sentence no doubt.
You get that for having a bald tyre on your car.
10 March, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Update:
Jordan: Man faces only one year in jail for honor killing:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/020259.php
10 March, 2008 at 9:05 pm
So nice to know that is what is high priority in post mortems for islam.
I guess their trauma assessment is in a little bit different order…
1. Check Hymen
2. Check breathing
3. Recheck hymen
4. Check pulse
5. clear airway
6. check hymen again, just in case Abdul snuck in since the last check../.
10 March, 2008 at 9:32 pm
David Pryce-Jones book “The Closed Circle shed light on the subject of “honor” within Islam. Another quick read: http://www.worldandi.com/newhome/public/2003/may/clpub.asp
One quote from the cited link: “When a woman’s chastity is in question, her family feels the shame, even if she is raped or the rumors prove unsubstantiated. As a result of “her” shame, the extended family is compromised. It will be difficult to arrange marriages for her unwed sisters, and her male relatives will be scorned and ridiculed until they kill her.”
I also read that within Islam, there is the viewpoint that all women must experience sexual intercourse before death, thus when they make war on one another, or on other peoples, they feel a special obligation to rape any women they run across prior to murdering them. Oh…and someone who dies at the hands of a Muslim has a place in paradise. Kind of like the Manson Family…
10 March, 2008 at 10:14 pm
“I entered the Mosque, saw Abu, sat beside him and asked about sex. Abu Said said, ‘We went out with Allah’s Apostle and we received female slaves from among the captives. We desired women and we loved to do coitus interruptus.’” (Bukhari:V5B59N459)