Muslim Wife Slashed Husband's Neck Over Booze, Pork and Miniskirts, Say Prosecutors

By: Neil Katz
Topics: Daily Blotter

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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Prosecutors in New York say a devoutly religious Muslim woman, Rabia Sarwar, slashed her husband's neck after he introduced her to booze, pork, and miniskirts.

Sarwar's defense lawyer says his client was "emotionally abused" and forced to violate her religious beliefs.

Sarwar is free on bail after appearing in a Staten Island court Thursday on attempted murder and other charges.

Her lawyer, Joe Licitra, said Sarwar's husband "got her to drink alcohol, eat pork" and wear clothing that violated her Muslim beliefs.

Sheikh "Eddie" Naseem, who has surface wounds on his neck, face and hands, said his wife needs psychological help. Licitra said Sarwar was previously treated for depression.

Naseem told the New York Post that Sarwar, a native of Pakistan, was having a hard time adjusting to American culture.

Said Naseem: "There was no gun pointed to her head to do these things."

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by krisd999-2009 November 2, 2009 4:21 AM EST: It was HALOWEEN people! They fear alcohol, pork and miniskirts. Oh, the horor! That's how mislims celebrate HALOWEEN! She just thought a little slashing would complete the celebration.; Reply to this comment


by rsmik November 2, 2009 1:49 AM EST: what's good for the goose is good for the gander; Reply to this comment


by Quranist November 2, 2009 1:26 AM EST: Did the Quran really say that the Gospel and the Torah have been corrupted and abrogated as claimed by the Sunni and Shia sects?

What does the Quran say about the Torah and Gospel and Jesus:

What does the Quran say about freedom of religion and faith?

What does the Quran say about war and fighting?

http://iran.whyweprotest.net/off-topic/1565-collapse-sunni-shia-koranist-rise.html

Real Islam is only Quran!

And finally, whats this nonsense about slashing throats for eating pork and drinking alcohol and wearing miniskirts? This is classic sectarian nonsense and has nothing to do with the Quran. These sects follow oral traditions they say is from the prophet and have followed these traditions and threw the Quran behind their backs. This is what the Israelites have done with their Talmud(Judaic oral traditions) and they then abrogated many of the teachings of the Torah. Jesus condemned the Talmud in Mark 7 and so did the Quran. Now it seems the Muslims travelled the same road.; Reply to this comment


by Quranist November 2, 2009 1:13 AM EST: With the collapse of Ja'far Al Sadiq's empire in Iran and Ibn Hanbal's slow demise in Saudi Arabia, the tide is turning and the fictitous sects that emerged during the Abbasid Empire knows as the Sunni and Shia sects and others who follow man made revelations known as hadiths are slowly collapsing. Malik's Empire in Sudan is collapsing and Abu Hanifa's Empire in Pakistan is turning upside down. The so called Islamic states have proven to be ideologically obsolete and in the wrong side of history. The sects are on life support and the Koranist will take over. So who are the Koranist?

The Koranist believe only the Koran should speak for Islam.

WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAM AND TODAY'S PRACTICES?

In comparing the teachings of Islam as derived from the Book of God to the practices taught and enforced by the popular Sunni and Shia faiths (1.2 Bn followers), we find that the list is quite extensive, with some of the highlights as follows:

In Islam, the requirement to be a Muslim is to simply accept and live according to the ?Straight Path? (6:151-153), Vs. the Sunni or Shia 5-pillars which come from unauthorized books?

In Islam, abolishing Slavery is taught to be an act of righteousness (90:12-13), Vs. Sunni and Shia teachings which encourages slavery under war?

In Islam, women are never forbidden from praying or fasting during Menstruation (2:222), nor is there a specific dress code (i.e. the Headscarf) imposed on them beyond modesty, Vs. the Sunni and Shia which teach the undermining of women and forcing them to cover their hair and avoid praying or fasting at certain times...

In Islam, a man or women may leave a Will, after settlement of debt (4:12), Vs. Sunnis who refuse to accept wills if there are any direct descendants...

In Islam, Monogamy is the basis for normal relationships, while polygamy is only allowed in cases involving marrying the mothers of orphans under the man?s guardianship (4:3), Vs. Sunnis where a man may be a polygamist simply if he can afford to, and Shia which allow sex for pleasure (Mut?a)...

In Islam, Divorce is enforceable only after a two-phase period, and it may be made nullified if the couple reconcile before the end of this period (65:1, 65:4), Vs. Sunni teachings that destroy families by allowing a divorce to occur on the spot with no waiting period and no nullification...

In Islam, Thieves do not have their hands cut-off, but are made to work until they return that which is stolen (12:76), Vs. Sunni and Shia teachings which brutally amputate the hands causing disability...

In Islam, no one is allowed to be killed or Stoned for adultery (24:2), Vs. Sunni and Shia laws of stoning married adulterers to death...

In Islam, absolute Freedom of Faith is allowed (2:256, 10:99; 18:29; 88:21-22), Vs. Sunni and Shia requiring apostates to be killed and rejecting the practice of other faiths...

In Islam, people are acknowledged as being diverse and each is to be respected for his/her level of spiritual growth. A Submitter ?Muslim? must work to attain the status of Faithful ?Mumin? (49:14), Vs. Sunni and Shia teachings that all followers of their religion must think, act, and even look the same (cult syndrome)...

In Islam, War can only be declared in cases of self-defence - no offensives (2:190), Vs. Sunni and Shia teachings allowing raids and attacks on any people who are considered non-Muslim by their standards...

In Islam, Pilgrimage is a centre for gathering of nations and for all to witness the benefits of being together (22:27-28), Vs. Sunni and Shia bringing in polytheistic rituals and superstition (touching of black stone, circling 7 times, etc..)...

In Islam, a Year is a luni-solar count made of 365-days (17:12, 9:36), with all the seasons fitting-in-place Vs. Sunnis teaching it to be a lunar one based on 354 days which creates confusion of seasons and time?

In Islam, males and females are not required to be Circumcised (32:7), Vs. Sunni and Shia teachings requiring all males to be circumcised and females in some cases...

In Islam, music, statues, gold and silk are all Lawful(7:32-33, 16:116), Vs. Sunni beliefs forbidding silk & gold for men, and forbidding music & statues for all...

In Islam, rule of Government is under the constitution of the Qur'an through consultation and free-speech (5:48, 42:38). Vs. Sunni teachings which allow the rise of dictators or monarchs, and Shia teachings which uphold self-appointed religious leaders based on genealogy.

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by stryker54 November 1, 2009 10:49 PM EST: To me it's just another Bobbitt type crime where a woman can do something than well, he caused me to do this. Woman cry abuse all the time now and the men get convicted before there is even a judge.
Send this witch back to her country she likes it so well. He might not of been the perfect husband, but I doubt there was any abuse, just a woman that wanted to stay with her beliefs that meant harming someone that didn't believe the way she did. SAD; Reply to this comment

by robinspp November 1, 2009 7:39 PM EST

Love your neighbor as you love yourself, including your enemy, that was what said by Jesus. He never told to hate someone. Hatred is like spiting against the wind, it comes straight on your face.

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by missme4 November 1, 2009 9:17 PM EST: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself"

I try to love my neighbor when her husband isn't home.


by wyodutch November 1, 2009 5:41 PM EST: Put her on the next plane back to Pakistan.
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America has enough morons without importing them from the Third World.; Reply to this comment

by androidboy November 1, 2009 4:44 PM EST

"She didn't have a gun to her head." Like she needed one. One thing that Islam and it's cousins share is the rule that a wife is subject to her husband. If he told her to kill a goat she'd do that too. She's a good muslim. This is what happens when you participate in a belief system where a supreme being tells people to kill every living thing in a city except for the virgins...they get to become your new wives! OOOPS! That's Judaism and Christianity, not Islam. Well, I'm fairly certain that there's some pointless violence in the Qur'an as well.

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by natdef_1 November 2, 2009 3:25 AM EST: Filbert, anyone?


by Virgil-1 November 1, 2009 1:56 PM EST: So much for another false religion!; Reply to this comment


by natdef_1 November 1, 2009 10:21 AM EST: These folks seem to find ANY justification for killing each other...it's a wonder that there are still so many of them out there.; Reply to this comment

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