[vimto]

The Islamic reasoning is baffling. They elide every consequential argument.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

"On Thursday, Ms. Saleem’s mother, Bushra Bakum, dismissed notions that religion had played a role in the killing. She told reporters that Ms. Saleem had been a constant worry to her parents."

?????

[Gay State Conservative]

..pushed this elegant city to the center of a national debate on the challenges of immigration and cultural integration.

Somehow,I doubt that the deceased young woman would have used the word "challenge" here.But then,she would have had a much more "up close and personal" view of I Slam than does the Upper West Side crowd at The Slimes.

[Fred Nerks]

"...She told reporters that Ms. Saleem had been a constant worry to her parents..."

I was a constant worry to my parents but they didn't slit my throat and bury me in the garden!

[vimto]

“Cases like this happen in all societies.”

"Yes" says my lovely wife, "all societies in which there are Muslims"

[hershey]

There was a recent report -- this past week -- that Italy was rushing a new immigration law into the works.

[Heatseeker]

I believe this is poor woman in question:

Souce: ANSA.it

[NewHampshireDuo]

Seems to me to be totally consistent with Islamic "culture."

[csvset]

The victim.

Pops, Keeping the faith...

[Joe Boucher]

So we're going to kill you to save you?
Sounds like a Janet Reno type of thing.

[A knight without armor]

"alleged that Ms. Saleem had been killed because her traditionalist Muslim father objected to her Western lifestyle. "


These honor murders and blowing up innocent people worldwide are ok for the moos, but let somebody walk their pet on the street and the imams are up in arms because the sight of a dog distresses families. I am so sick of their ignorant medieval mentality. I can't believe we have to bend over backwards giving them all this politically correct consideration such as not profiling.

[KarinG1]

Traditionalist?

If I kill you dead and cut off your head
It's just family tradition.

They have some strange customs in Pakistan.

[dennisw]

I fail to see the problem. They're just a bunch of wild and crazy Muslims who are duty bound to emulate their wild and crazy "prophet". Or are the Italians ignorant of the wild and murderous life of the false prophet Muhammad?

That kind of stupidity can get you killed

[mewzilla]

Yup, let's hear it for cultural relativism...

Sigh.

[observer5]

"For us, murder is a sin, not only a crime,” said Mahmood Tariq, the director of the Muhammadiah Islamic Cultural Association in Brescia"

Blah blah blah... lying is also you SOB.

[Roccus]

For some reason I read that headline to mean violence against immigrants. Conditioned reflex ,I guess.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Muslim communities belong in Muslim countries.

[Gritty]

I guess murdering your own daughter and burying her out back in your garden doesn't "stain" the family honor as badly as her smoking, wearing low-slung jeans and dating an infidel.

This is one sick culture. These people should be in cult deprogramming, not running around loose!

[Pharmboy]

If they do not want their children acting in a western manner, why do they come to the west? Why not stay in Pakistan where the chance of their pretty daughter wearing western jeans and living with an Italian guy are, essentially, nil?

[The Cuban]

I love these local muslim leaders throughout the world, who insist on insisting that the fact that muslims kill because of the Koranic (i.e. Satanic) verses tells them to is somehow not to be blamed on muslims. This line is wearing rather thin.