Honor Killings – Blazingcatfur

Femicide in Iran: When ‘honor’ becomes a death sentence

The life of Maryam Yarmohammadi came to a violent end in the early hours of October 5, when the 28-year-old mother of two was attacked with knives by her brother and husband on Qeshm Island in southern Iran. Her genitalia were mutilated. She died shortly afterward in hospital. Both her husband and brother were arrested.

Media reported that about 50 relatives gathered outside the hospital to protest the arrests. They reportedly believed that death had been the “least severe punishment” Maryam Yarmohammadi deserved.

by Blazingcatfur•October 17, 2026October 17, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Hamed Shafia devout Muslim convicted in Canada’s most infamous honour killings granted absence from prison

In the time leading up to the murder of his sisters and stepmother, Hamed Shafia quashed his remorse by telling himself he had no choice and was simply going along with his father’s actions, he told a parole hearing Friday.

In reality, he was doing more than simply going along with it, said Shafia, who was 18 at the time of the killings. “I was aiding him in doing these things,” he said.

“So it was this back and forth in my mind, this game I was playing between moral obligation and then this whole notion that, ‘OK, I have to go through with it, this is honour,’ and all of that stuff.”

Helped Mom and Dad kill his 3 sisters and his Aunt. Why isn’t he six feet under?

h/t Patti Jo

by Blazingcatfur•September 19, 2026September 19, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Honor Killings, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds

Dowry deaths in India no longer provoke the public anger they once did, despite thousands of women’s lives still being lost every year, according to new research.

The killings – women who are murdered or driven to suicide following dowry disputes between families – have also faded from political debate, despite an increase in cases.

In 2022, there were 6,516 dowry deaths in India compared with 1,841 in 1988, according to the paper.

by Blazingcatfur•July 8, 2026July 7, 2026•0•Honor Killings, Honor Violence, India

‘Never imagined this’: Indian village grapples with interfaith couple’s killing

The murder of an interfaith couple and the arrest of the woman’s brothers by the police for the alleged crime has shocked a small village in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state where residents have lived in harmony for years.

The bodies of 19-year-old Kajal, a Hindu, and 27-year-old Mohammad Arman, a Muslim, were found buried near a riverbank on the outskirts of Umri village on 21 January.

Police said they were beaten to death with a spade two days earlier, allegedly by Kajal’s three brothers, who have been arrested. They are in custody and have not commented on the killings.

by Blazingcatfur•February 4, 2026February 3, 2026•0•Honor Killings, Honor Violence, India

Muslim who drowned daughter in a swamp because her ‘Western behaviour’ shamed the family is found guilty of honour killing in Holland

A fugitive father who tied up and drowned his daughter in an honour killing that shocked the Netherlands has been sentenced to 30 years in jail.

Khaled al Najjar, 53, skipped the country hours after the body of his daughter Ryan, 18, was found bound and gagged in a swamp at an isolated nature reserve and is now hiding in Syria.

His two sons Mohamed, 23, and Muhanad, 25, were also found guilty and given 20 years each but only the eldest was in court for the verdict.

by Blazingcatfur•January 5, 2026January 5, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Netherlands

Honor killing in US: Afghan man kills wife in Washington state femicide

An Afghan national has been charged with the first-degree murder of his wife after he allegedly committed an honor killing in Washington state over the belief she was having an affair, local media reported, citing the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Sayed Sadat, 37, of Auburn, called police to his home on the morning of November 23, where he was said to have confessed to killing 43-year-old Geety Sadat.

by Blazingcatfur•December 6, 2025December 5, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, USA

Europe’s Growing ‘Honour Killing’ Problem

Last May, two brothers allegedly bound their 18-year-old sister in packing tape, gagged her, and drowned her in a swamp. This was an honour killing, motivated by what the girl’s brothers saw as her ‘westernisation.’ During the trial last week, WhatsApp messages revealed that the family’s main grievances were the fact that she had refused an arranged marriage, had a boyfriend, and had stopped wearing a headscarf. “There is no other solution,” one of the brothers wrote in a message. The girl’s own mother said that she was “a disgrace to the family and deserves to die” and should be “wrapped in a shroud.” In a secretly recorded conversation, one brother said he believed the family had been humiliated by the girl’s behaviour, and the only way out was her death.

by Blazingcatfur•December 1, 2025December 1, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Teenager dies after being ‘tied up and thrown into swamp in honour killing because her “Western behaviour” shamed the family – before father fled to Syria’

A teenager died after she was tied up and thrown into a swamp to drown in an honour killing because her Western behaviour shamed her family, according to prosecutors in the Netherlands.

Ryan Al Najjar’s brothers have now been put on trial for her murder, while her father, who is accused of ordering the killing, fled the country to return to Syria.

Mohamed, 23, and Muhanad Al Najjar, 25, are charged with taking part in the horrific crime against their 18-year-old sister, whose body was found gagged with her hands bound behind her back, ankles taped together, and submerged in a swamp six days after she vanished from the family home in Joure.

by Blazingcatfur•November 29, 2025November 28, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Netherlands

Pakistan: Inside a graveyard for victims of ‘honor killings’

In Pakistan, hundreds of women are killed every year after being accused of “dishonoring” their families.

Fattu Shah is a remote village in the north of Pakistan’s Sindh province. The drive from the nearest city, Ghotki, takes more than an hour. The road narrows as it cuts through cotton fields and winds around clay-brick houses scattered across endless stretches of farmland.

It’s a journey Aisha Dharejo has made countless times. For the past 15 years she has been researching what locals call “the graveyard for dishonored women.”

“Each grave reveals the story of a woman that has been silenced,” Dharejo told DW.

by Blazingcatfur•November 4, 2025November 4, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Pakistan, Pakistan - Islamic Failed State

Pakistan: Family execute daughter and husband

Horrifying moment woman is executed over her choice of husband before the groom is also shot dead in double honour killing that has shocked Pakistan

A young couple have been brutally executed in broad daylight in Pakistan after her family complained she had married without her family’s blessing.

The horrifying moment was captured on video and posted online, triggering national outrage.

The sickening footage, which quickly went viral across social media over the weekend, shows the man and woman gunned down at close range as onlookers watch in chilling silence.

Highly Graphic & Heartbreaking.
Reportedly she married for love & Jirga ordered her death.
In broad daylight in #Balochistan, a daughter was gunned down surrounded by heartless monsters.
Cold blooded murder carried out as cowardly eyes watched in silence. If the Govt has even a… pic.twitter.com/G7nEqGKWOI

— Riaz Ali Turi (@RiazToori) July 20, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2025July 21, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence

Teen describes moment she was choked by father in ‘attempted honor killing’ after refusing arranged marriage

A teenage girl sobbed as she told a court how she feared for her life as her own father choked her during an alleged ‘honor killing’.

Fatima Ali, 18, was giving evidence against her parents Ihsan Ali, 44, and mother Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, at their attempted murder trial on Tuesday.

The couple are accused of trying to strangle their daughter outside Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, on October 18 last year.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2025July 16, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Sara Sharif’s father has ‘throat slashed with tuna tin’ by HMP Belmarsh inmates

Sara Sharif’s father had his neck and face cut in prison as he begins a life sentence for her murder, according to reports.

Urfan Sharif was allegedly jumped by two inmates in his cell at HMP Belmarsh armed with the lid of a tuna tin on New Year’s Day, The Sun reported.

The child killer, 43, is not believed to have needed hospital treatment.

Use an incognito window

by Blazingcatfur•January 4, 2025January 3, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Muslim strangled Christian Swedish victim rather than face the ‘shame’ of telling his family she was expecting his child

Mohamedamin Abdirisek Ibrahim and murdered girlfriend

A Somalian refugee who murdered his seven-months-pregnant girlfriend last year in an ‘honour killing’ has been jailed for life by a Swedish court.

Saga Forsgren Elneborg, 20, was found strangled to death at her home in the city of Örebro in April 2023 in a case that shocked the Scandinavian country.

Prosecutors claimed that her 22-year-old boyfriend Mohamedamin Abdirisek Ibrahim decided to murder her rather than face the shame of telling his Muslim family that his girlfriend – believed to be half Thai, half Swedish and Christian – was expecting his baby.

h/t kiki9

by Blazingcatfur•June 5, 2024June 5, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘Honour-Based‘ Crimes Soar by 60 Per Cent over Two Years in England

The number of so-called “honour-based” crimes, associated with some Islamic cultures, has risen by over 60 per cent in England over the past two years, according to an analysis of police data.

by Blazingcatfur•April 9, 2024April 9, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Illinois man is charged with murder of his three daughters and wife

This is the 63-year-old Illinois father who shot dead his wife and three daughters during ‘an argument’ at their home in Tinley Park on Sunday.

Maher Kassem has been charged with three counts of murder for killing wife Majeda and daughters Zahia and Halema, 25, and Hanan, 24.

Friends say the family were devout Muslims and Palestinian activists. Zahia, who also went by Zee, had recently visited Mecca.

Their mother Majeda devoted her life to ‘family and religion’, according to a fundraising site dedicated to completing a mosque in Mali in the family’s memory.

by Blazingcatfur•January 24, 2024January 23, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Honor Killings, Honor Violence, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West