The Joint Jury Court of Athens announced today its decision for the 23-year-old Pakistani, who, in the summer of 2022, had murdered his 17-year-old girlfriend Nicoleta in the Athens neighbourhood of Peristeri because, as he said, she cursed Muhammad, the founder of Islam, during an argument. With it...
We only have his side of the story. Personally i think he killed her and then tried to make his murder appear more noble by lying about her shitting on Muhammad and trying to convert him to christianism.
What? Are you saying a man who took a girlfriend before marriage and is committing a plethora of sin is not as religious as he is trying to make it out to be?
Judge: Why didn’t you inform Emergency Services to send an ambulance?
Defendant: That was the biggest mistake.
Really? Not calling them was? Your biggest mistake wasn't strangling her?
Also, they'd been dating for 1.5 years! She was just 15 years old and was dating a 21yo guy.
In some countries, that would be statuary rape. In Greece, it's 15. Things that make you go 'hmmmm'.
Lastly, she wanted him to convert to Christianity. Obviously their religions were already a problem for their relationship. If we take the testimony as factual (and I will), it seems like a pretty normal argument fed by high emotions and low maturity. Because hey, she's basically still a kid. Yeah, it wasn't a well handled argument, but he's 23, had known her for (at least) 1.5 years and went for physical violence to deal with the situation.
I don't see a problem with the verdict. He'll probably get parole in a decade or so, we'll see if the family gets revenge on him then.
It doesn't help that the article seems to be quite poorly translated/written. It references the man asking the victims family for an apology when the quote indicated he is trying to give one. Very confusing/incorrect phrasing throughout.
It does not present well if the prophet of God cannot take a curse without outrage.
I believe there is a tale in the One-Thousand-and-One Nights about the Caliph and a boy who mocks him. The Caliph is distraught, and the tale addresses this very scenario, citing the Koran.
I cannot speak to religious justifications for humility and suffering fools, but when gods and kings react disproportionately to provocation, their enemies surely watch and take note.
On my list of places to never go, prison for murdering an innocent young woman in a country where I'm a religious and ethnic minority is pretty much the top of the list
Aye, if people really want to live in belief of some magical dreamworld, let them as long as they don't force their beliefs on others and don't hurt anyone (this includes psychological damage to their children for example).