Well, I didn't organize what I want to say before writing it. But I was studying and the TV was on when this Episode of law and order special victims unit was aired on MBC Action channel.
I will just delve in the details without introductions, an Afghani college girl (Nafisa) daughter of an Afghani diplomat was found raped and stabbed in the dump. She later died in the episode. It turns out later that her father is a control freak and during the investigations the Afghani mother was sitting in the corner of the room totally covered but her agony can be easily seen in her eyes. Needless to say, her niqab was really funny and ugly as hell, you could see her ears popping out. The father forced his daughter Nafisa to wear the shadoor before going out and she used to change it with jeans and sweat shirts at college. The girl was in love with an afghani boy, tarzy. The father knew and ordered his son to kill her because she has dishonoured the family. He stabbed her in front of the father's happy eyes.
When the brother Jalil was arrested and said with a smile '' I am proud I killed her.''
Then the rest of the episode and the trials revolved around honour killings and women in Islam and the middle east. (Afghanistan is not a middle Eastern country, it's Asian which was never mentioned in the episode, putting all muslims in one basket). The investigators convinced the wife to testify against her husband, she did it and the son was guilty for murder. Woohoooo! The American heroes saved justice again! No no no! wait! Not that easy! After they went home, the hideous Muslim man killed his wife and flied back to Afghanistan.
What a scenario! What an episode!
Needless to say, the audience can clearly make a comparison between the ugly Islamic culture that controls women and deprives them of their basic rights and the beautiful, sane and civilized American culture that respects women to the ultimatum.
It is not the first time I see such a topic presented in an American show, and Muslim countries are not only the target, I've also seen Cuba and Russia presented in a terrible image.
I am not saying that honour killings don't happen in the Middle East, but it's already known everywhere! There are people on the internet and on TV who devote their time and effort to show how gross Islam is so if have a chance to make show, why not for a change, just for a change present Muslims in a good light and the examples of good muslims everywhere is plenty.
