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A brutal case of domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has reignited a national debate on Islamic attire, women’s autonomy, and coercion within Muslim families after a Muslim man was found to have killed his wife and two young daughters, following a dispute linked to his wife stepping out without wearing a burqa. This horrific incident has drawn renewed scrutiny of how “choice” and enforcement intersect in deeply patriarchal settings within the Muslim community.
The accused, Mohammad Farukh, lived with his family in Garhi Daulat village in the Babri police station area. His wife, Tahira, and their daughters, aged only 14 and 7, were reported missing, and relatives failed to contact them for several days. Farukh initially told neighbors and family members that his wife and children were staying with relatives, but inconsistencies in his account made them suspicious.
After concerned relatives alerted the police, Farukh was taken into custody for questioning. During interrogation, he allegedly disclosed that he had kept his wife, Tahira (32), under “strict purdah,” and did not allow her to step out of the house without wearing a burqa. It has been noted that the couple had been on strained terms. Tensions escalated after Tahira reportedly left for her parents’ home in Nara village of Muzaffarnagar without wearing a burqa following a heated argument, and Farukh was enraged.
According to investigators, the accused confessed to killing his wife and their two daughters. Acting on his statement, police recovered the bodies from a pit dug inside the house compound, which had earlier been prepared under the pretext of constructing a toilet. Officials said Tahira was shot with a country-made firearm after an argument; the elder daughter was shot when she rushed outside on hearing the gunshot, and the younger child was strangled.
Police also informed that one of the minor daughters’ bodies was found with an eye gouged out, and a blood-stained wooden stick was recovered from the scene. Investigators suspect the object was used to assault the child. The accused has been formally arrested and charged with murder and destruction of evidence, and forensic examinations are currently underway.
The killings have drawn widespread condemnation across society. However, notable silence has been observed from sections of the political left, Islam-aligned voices, and certain feminist groups who are otherwise vocal in opposing misogyny and patriarchal practices.
India has seen the debate over hijab and burqa play out publicly in many ways and varying intensities in recent years. Beyond the immediate crime, the case has sharpened an older, unresolved argument on whether Islamic religious garments such as the burqa or hijab are purely a matter of personal choice, or whether social and familial pressures often undermine that choice. The language of “choice” has always obscured coercion. Liberal groups and India’s feminists, who are known to align with Islamic forces, have long argued that women must be free to decide how they dress, warning that bans or stigmatization of religious attire introduced by the government of institutions infringe on individual rights. Yet when Muslims such as Farukh enforce the burqa through violence and even murder, sections of the feminist movement choose silence rather than confrontation.
Violent riots had broken out after certain states restricted the hijab in schools and colleges, with supporters framing the move as necessary for uniformity and secularism, and opponents calling it discriminatory and exclusionary. In February 2022, Karnataka had witnessed absolute lawlessness and mayhem after some academic institutions banned Muslim girls from wearing hijabs in classrooms following a dress-code decision, and Muslims took to the streets with stones and injured around 40 students and several policemen. The liberal brigade defended the Muslim women’s “right” to cover themselves.
Apart from India, the ongoing tension between choice and the enforcement of this particular Islamic garb is well-documented worldwide. In Iran, the 2022 death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini after her arrest for allegedly violating hijab rules sparked nationwide protests and international outrage, highlighting the consequences of state-enforced dress codes. In Pakistan and parts of Iraq, rights groups continue to document “honor” killings and family violence linked to perceived moral or dress-code violations. These cases vary in context and cause, but they collectively show how control over women’s bodies and appearance can turn deadly when backed by social sanction or impunity in Islamic societies.
As India navigates its secular framework amid shifting social dynamics and growing concerns over Islamic jihad recruitment driven by demographic change, political mobilization, and rising jihadist sentiment, the Shamli murders stand out as a stark warning. Unless the state confronts jihadist ideologies and insular Islamic networks taking root in pockets and ghettos, the situation risks deteriorating further in the years ahead.
Be careful all you stupid women and look around at what is going on in Michigan and Minnesota, you will all be wearing Burksas @ ,killed for not obeying etc. but seems it is what you want they way you vote. Better wise up they are getting very solid ground in our government because of you.
America has a death wish. Its happening in slow motion here and we are doing litle to stop this from spreading throughout the nation.
You’re kidding, you’re going to stop it. This virus has been around for 1,500 years.
The war is on my friends. If you know of a criminal Muslime shoot them don’t put them in prison and make us pay for their incarceration for the rest of their lives. They need to be taught n the most ardent way that Sharia will not be tolerated in America.
They should publicly decapitate this mass murderer.
The “religion of peace” strikes again.
Don’t let muslims in your country
Banish them to Sierra Leone and other nice muslim countries like that. Let them live their ridiculous lives there. Their goal is world wide domination. Don’t let their camel’s nose under your tent.
Muslims still living in the Primitive way here in the 21st Century Islam is Not the Religion of Peace that’s quite plain to see
Coming to a neighborhood near you in the USA. Actually, I believe it has already happened and I know there have been honor killings(murders) of daughters for having boyfriends or not marrying the man chosen by the parents..
Yes, just wonderful, wholesome, mostly peaceful people, just trying to live good lives. /sarc
Actually, they’re medieval=minded halfwits who kill on impulse. And, yes, they’re already here in our country, with one single mindset – TO KILL US. And they’re able to make it happen due to our generous tolerance of “all religions”.
But the dirty little secret is that their “religion”, islam, instructs that THEIR “god – allah”, is the ONLY god, and anyone who doesn’t serve “allah” gets to be whacked, as in, BEHEADED. Ooops….
Stay vigilant, keep your head on a swivel, and….stay armed. They’re here in our country right now, and they’re coming for us…….
Does anyone need any MORE evidence of the need to eliminate this CULT? At the very LEAST it should be removed from OUR NATION!
They should have KNOWN he was telling them pure BS when he claimed he was building a toilet.
Animals don’t carry on like that. Sickening religion.
India has unfortunately not removed all Muslims, which is essential for national and cultural survival. Muslim violence against every non-Muslim in India has gone on for centuries
Can we export our liberal women there? I’d help!
This is not the only situation where women’s advocates have given Islam a free pass over its barbaric treatment of women and girls. The UN Women could not bring itself to condemn the rapes on October 7th.
The reality is Islamists are missionaries of the Mohammedan vile ideology that they take with them where ever they go—whether its India or Indiana. They are a civilizational poison as opposed to missionaries with the Gospel of Christ which brings life, prosperity, indusry, hope and advancement. Any national leader that allows Islamists into their nation should be removed from office for treason against their nation.
It is wildly insane and evil what this man did to his wife and daughters. If one stops to think about what he did, really think, there is no other answer than demon possession/demonic control of some sort. Islam is without a doubt, satan’s tool (it is not a religion). There are 4,300 ‘religions’ in the world that satan has ‘invented’ through fallen men, but Islam is the cream of the crop. You can just picture this mad devil gleefully rejoicing at what his ‘protege’ did to his family. Beyond vile and disgusting.
And it cannot be stopped by man. There are 2 billion Muslims in 57 Muslim nations in the world and millions of Muslims spread in different countries around the world. If only 10% were ‘radical’, that means that there are 200 million radical Muslims who want you, your wife and children, dead ! (But it’s more like 20-25%). And the rest of Muslims are redundant as they do not stand or protest the radicals in their own midst.
Only one solution…..
Maranatha, come Lord Jesus. He is the only hope the world has (He always was).
Rev. Roy………..<