License to Hurt

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I often wonder about 'crime of passion' cases. Recently more so, after reading about a Muslim in his late 30s who mutilated his Muslim wife who was in her late 20s. He stabbed her repeatedly in front of their three young children then later dumping her still alive body in a bush, taking the young kids with him while doing the deed (the youngest was about 2, the oldest about 6 or so). She died as a result of too much blood loss. Her body was found later. In this case, it was not a crime of passion, but only because she had tried to stop him from joining the Muslim extremists in Sirya. The sad thing about it was, theirs had been an arranged marriage. He had had some bad criminal records prior to his marriage. --- That made me think of other cases. One was a very gentle man from Down Under (New Zealand or Australia, I can't remember which) who used a spear to kill his wife and her unborn child (which was a result from her affair to someone else). Do you think that man had the right to take lives like that? It is always awful to find out that your partner had betrayed you, and perhaps doing so while laughing behind your back, but the act of killing someone in anger, I wonder if that is justifiable. --- I have an acquaintance whose husband, a Portuguese, had used to hit her black and blue until she ran away from him one day to protect her pregnancy. Someone told me that it is Portuguese culture for men to discipline their wives. Some social workers told me that similar domestic violence has often happened in Lebanese families. Whatever, it sounds sad to be born a helpless female, who unfortunate enough to fall in love one day to a violent man. --- I heard of cases in which the man who hit his partner, excused himself that he did so because he was too jealous, too in love with her. Do you think people should use that excuse to hurt their partners? (There were cases in which the male was physically abused by his wife! Don't know if it was true or not, but Roger Moore who played James Bond in some 007 movies, seemed to be hit often by his former wives.) --- Do you think people can use love as an excuse to frequently injure their partners? I kept thinking about that Muslim mother who was stabbed and mutilated in front of her young children. Let hope their kids growing up, won't copy their father one day. My thought and prayer this Easter, are for people who are right now, bound in an unhappy relationship. Happy Easter everyone. (Let hope I have my internet connection back soon. )