Islam - It's Not "Honour", It's Murder

Muslims around the world rioted over a bogus claim that the Koran was desecrated. That's nothing compared to how they desecrate their women.

Warning! Graphic picture.

ROJDA is still alive. So, she got off lightly.

She was forced to marry her paedophile rapist at the age of 13, and when she refused efforts by her father-in-law — who also raped her — to force her into prostitution, she had her nose cut off.

If Rodja is still alive, Birgul Isik soon may not be. The Turkish mother of three is in a coma after she was shot by her 14-year-old stepson for talking on television about fleeing from her abusive husband.

Ayse Aydin, 18, is dead. Her family says that she committed suicide. Her husband, who was often away from home for work, says that her family mutilated her sexually and killed her for allegedly consorting with other men.

All these crimes have been committed in the name of honour in Turkey, a country that will begin membership talks with the European Union in October.

These are but a few examples of how the so called religion of peace treats its women.

The UN estimates that 5,000 women are killed in “honour crimes” every year, worldwide.

Up to half of Turkish women are victims of violence, mostly from their families, according to Amnesty International

Even these figures may be just the tip of the iceberg as the "problem is almost impossible to assess, given that many honour killings go undetected and are often disguised as suicide or accidents."

We must stop calling these "honour killings" and "honour crimes". They are murder, sexual assault and domestic violence. Applying the lable "honour" makes the perpetrators look like the victims.

By the way, where in the hell is the women's movement in all of this? You ever hear Jane Fonda or Brown speak out about Muslims abusing their women? Me neither.

The article goes on to mention the numerous reforms being introduced in Turkey and that is to be applauded, but there is a lot that must be done.

Human rights activists welcome the reforms but say that the battle has only just begun. Eren Keskin, the head of the Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Association, said: “There are some positive developments in these new laws. However, in Turkey the written law and its enforcement can be two very different things. Until the feudal make-up of society, until the very mentality behind these crimes changes, we cannot expect anything very different.”

What Keskin is trying hard not to say is that Islam needs to be reformed. Only then will things start to improve.
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