An internet celebrity who pushed the boundaries of what is considered acceptable behavior for women in Pakistan was killed by her brother in a suspected “honor killing,” the police said Saturday.
Officials said Qandeel Baloch, a 26-year-old who was described as the country’s Kim Kardashian, died at her parents’ house in the central city of Multan. They said they would know after an autopsy if Ms. Baloch died Friday night or early Saturday.
“According to a preliminary [investigation] and statements from her parents, her brother strangled her,” said Azhar Akram, Multan’s police chief. He said authorities were searching for her brother.
The police said the initial investigation pointed to an honor killing, although all possible angles would be investigated.
Baloch, whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, became one of the country’s best-known media figures for posting videos and selfies on her social-media accounts, which have hundreds of thousands of followers.
Many of her videos, including one where she offered to striptease if Pakistan beat India in a cricket match, enraged conservative Pakistanis. While there was no nudity in her social-media posts, critics said her commentary, poses and clothes were inappropriate, overly sexual and violated Pakistani and Islamic norms.
Her killing is likely to reignite debate about honor killings in Pakistan. Over 1,000 women were killed in such incidents last year in the country, according to data compiled by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an independent body. Many women are murdered by male relatives who feel their behavior or decisions have “dishonored” the family.
Most recently, Ms. Baloch drew nationwide attention for a video with Abdul Qavi, a prominent Islamic cleric, in which she wore his cap and took selfies while sitting on the arm of his chair. Qavi’s appearance in the video was quickly criticized by religious circles, and he was suspended from a religious panel.
Honor killing is part and parcel of Islam by the looks of it
As far as the malicious -filled Islamic custom of “honor killing” is concerned such heartless vicious ad malicious murderous actions is one of the hideous outcome ,or fruits of the anti-female spirit of Islam. Which is shown ,many times over, by Muslim males in their brutal murder of their daughters and sisters. Jesus did teach “By their fruits you will recognize them.” Mathew 7:20. [N.I.V.] These “fruits of Islam” may be further seen in Brigitte Gabriel in her book which reads ” Honor killings are executed by slitting the victims throat, hatching them ,stabbing ,burning them to death, decapitation, bullets to the head and chest , or by any other others imaginable.” Brigitte Gabriel further states the fact that “Honor killings have also come to the West thanks to the rise of West thanks to the rise of Islamic immigration.” [1]
[1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED pages 175,176.
This terrible sad and tragic murder this young women is yet further proof that this heinously wicked,brutal ,cruel and demonic spirit of misogyny is still very strong and powerful in the essence of Islam. Furthermore, this ruthless ,malicious and murderous Islamic tradition that many Muslims call “honor killing” is a callous heartless action of total evil. As explained and exposed by Brigitte Gabriel ,who it the founder and head of actforamerica.org , had written in her book which is entitled THEY MUST BE STOPPED. Which informs the reader that “The shocking reality is that most Muslim men ,including those educated in the West, have no objection to honor killing and the degradation of women in their countries. Across the Muslim world, even in moderate Islamic countries, women’s rights are almost nonexistent… Women is Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.”
@Ali Sina
http://agniveer.com/7-quran-my-passion/
I randomly opened a page and found Allah permitting one to marry one’s daughter-in-law if she is wife of an adopted son!
How Allah orders one to marry a 6 year old baby and have sex with her when she turns 9!
How Allah sends Angels to command you to have sex with your maid-servant when your wife is away!
There were many such shocking verses in the holy book that shook me from deep inside.
I could not accept that women be considered as farms to enter the way one wishes to. And produce as many kids as possible and spread the numbers.
I could not believe that Allah clearly says that all who worship idols and do not consider one person as final prophet will go to Hell after death!
Or that those who do not believe in Prophet be destroyed or hated till they die!
All love only for Muslim man. All hate only for non-Muslim. Muslim woman falls in between. Non-Muslim woman is divine property to be distributed and enjoyed!
I kept browsing the Quran till 3 am. Then I went off to sleep with a confused mind. I kept planning my next steps. I will not give up so easily. I will not lose my faith so easily! Maybe I did not read it properly.
Next day I sat again with the massive Nalanda Hindi Dictionary. I also opened all the three Qurans in front of me. I shall not accept merely what one translator says. I shall verify it with all the three versions that I had. The next two weeks were spent only in analysis of Quran. I dug out meaning of every word, I cross-checked with all the three translations. I cross-checked with other verses in Quran. And finally I understood!
I finally understood why there is communal violence. Why Mughals attacked us. Why Ghoris attacked us. Why Ghazni looted and raped. Why Islam means Peace! I understood a lot about world around from one single book.
Suddenly every news of communal violence made sense. Suddenly I could see why there is no end to it in my lifetime. Suddenly I saw a lot!
My life was changed forever!