Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service’s director for west London asserted that Islamic terror groups are responsible for a murder and another threat to kill, hence, he concluded that Islamic extremists are igniting the spread of ‘honor’ based violence against women in Britain.
He emphasized the instances where women overseas had been compelled to become suicide bombers after being accused of shaming their families. He added that Muslim faith that justifies oppression and violence is diffusing in Britain as well.
He estimated that there have been nearly dozen killings in Britain each year and articulated his distress over the escalating problem.
Talking about the religious ideology, he stated that men usually use Islam as a justification for telling women how to behave and for punishing them. There is no religious justification for forcing your children to marry or harming them because they behave in a particular way, but there are people out there who are using their faith as a reason to do this.
While speaking at the at the London Voluntary Services Council conference he said such a use of Islam to support violence towards women was a grossly mistaken interpretation of the religion. It is simply outdated and it is about power and control over women, not religion, said he.
