Woman killed for opposing her daughter’s arranged marriage

Story in the UK Telegraph. (H/T Jihad Watch)

Excerpt:

A Pakistani woman has died in Italy after her husband beat her with a brick for opposing the arranged marriage of her daughter, triggering a wave of outrage among Italian politicians on Monday.

The daughter, 20-year-old Nosheen Butt, was admitted to hospital with a cranial traumatism and a broken arm after her 19-year-old brother beat her with a stick in the courtyard of their building in Novi, near the north Italy city of Modena.

According to Modena prosecutors’ initial findings, the father Ahmad Khan Butt, a 53-year-old construction worker, threw his wife to the ground and beat her with a brick while the brother Umair attacked his sister.

“The victim did not want her daughter to have an unhappy relationship like the one that had been forced on her,” said deputy Modena prosecutor Lucia Musti, who is in charge of the investigation.

[…]…the father had been in Italy less that 10 years and was the owner of the local mosque.

Is that normal for Islam? Answering Muslims actually has a look at the issue in more detail.

I personally think that the death penalty would be appropriate for both of these men. We need a deterrent to stop this from ever happening again.

4 thoughts on “Woman killed for opposing her daughter’s arranged marriage”

  1. While there are many non-violent muslims, it is in spite of the teachings of their religion, not because of them. There is actually a verse in the Koran which states that a man may beat his wife if she is disobedient.

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  2. Unusual. Generally, the mother would lure a reluctant daughter to be killed in a more private area, not oppose the brutality.

    Prayers for them.

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