Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Another "honor" killing

Yet another so-called "honor" killing, involving adherents of Islam, has occurred, this time in Germany:

"The brutal "honor killing" of a 16-year-old Afghan immigrant by her brother has sparked a renewed debate in Germany over whether Islamic families can adapt to the social ways of the Western world. The girl, Morsal Obeidi, was ambushed in the parking lot of a Hamburg McDonald's restaurant by her 23-year-old brother Ahmad, who stabbed the girl 20 times, Spiegel Online reported. Hamburg is home to more than 20,000 Afghan immigrants, the most of any European city, the Web site reported."

Yes, you've heard of this kind of stuff before--see for example this one, occurring in Las Colinas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, back in January. There an Islamic father killed his two daughters.

These don't seem to be random occurrences, do they? Why does Islam seem to produce this kind of stuff?