The worst Islamic love story of all time is still Mohammed's sexual abuse of Aisha: a child traded to him as part of a political alliance. But this Islamic love story still has a shot at third place.
Woolwich Crown Court heard Ummariyat Mirza promised to launch a knife attack as a wedding present for his wife, Madihah Taheer, and the pair argued about who was more radical.
When he wanted to spend £300 on a knife, she complained that they had bills to pay and needed to buy clothes for their baby.
I guess he wins?
But these are typical married couple arguments. She wants to buy clothes for the baby. He wants to buy knives to murder infidels.
Taheer wrote: 'Can we get married already ffs I want u to kill ppl for me, I have a list.'He told her: 'The day of nikkah [wedding], I'll kill em all. Give me the list, the only thing that stops me is we are not married. I will defo, I'm not joking.'
She responded: 'Lool, u can't have it til u put a ring on it.
The only thing worse than millenial pop culture is millenial pop culture refracted through a homicidal death cult.
Mirza explained: 'Stabbing kuffar [non-believers]/munafiq [hypocrites] fastly and brutally is my dream. I have a knife I want u to buy me.'
But the dream of a romantic knife gift ran headfirst into the prosaic realities of married life.
By January 12, Mirza was pressing to buy a knife, writing that he was 'just chilling gunna order my knife today inshaAllah [god willing]' adding: 'What weapon shall I get? I don't need ur suggestions actually.'
But Taheer, who was pregnant, complained: 'It's so much money Ummar, is it really necessary to spend that much? We've got bills to pay man, baby's thing to get. Have to be sensible and think with a straight head. Can u not use any dishum [knife]. It doesn't have to be bloody state of the art.'
'This isnt a fantasy, its real. Wallahi [I swear] its real as it gets,' Mirza replied.
'Its just going to sit at home Ummar, Ur not gonna carry it around with u all the time. Imagine if u get caught with it, or it falls out, £300 is not a joke Ummar. Is there not a cheaper one u could buy? They all do the same friggin thing Ummar, u don't need to spend £300 on one.'
He responded: 'K.'
Where did the passion go?