Woman says she visited husband minutes before he was murdered - ABC Action News

A manhunt continues in Pinellas County. Authorities are looking for the person they say robbed the JFS Food Mart in Seminole and killed the store clerk.

The victim, Mohammod Islam, 38, came to the US from Bangladesh a decade ago looking for a better life. Now the family at his Clearwater home is devastated.

"To see him go like that. That's not fair. It's just not fair," said sister in-law Sherry Rahaman.

Islam's wife says she had just stopped by the convenience store where he worked moments before the robbery. She went there to drop off dinner.

"I wish if I was there with him, maybe I could prevent something. You never know," said Bibi Narisha Rahaman.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says sometime before 7 pm, Wednesday night, a man seen on the store's surveillance video walked into the J-F-S Food Mart, robbed the store, and killed the clerk.

Witnesses say he was riding a bike before the robbery and left on that bike as well.

Islam's wife says she is still numb. And didn't believe it when the detectives knocked on her door with the news her husband was dead.

"I tell them that could not be real. I was right there a couple minutes before," said his wife.

Family members say was loving and generous to those around him. They also wonder why a robbery had to end with his murder.

"He could have just taken whatever he wants. Just leave him alone. Let him live his life. Just like him. I just want justice," said Rahaman.

As of now, detectives aren't releasing information on how Islam was killed.

His wife told us he used to come from Port Charlotte to Clearwater just to drop off a flower or snack when he courting her. They were married four years ago.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS.

Unsupervised calls before marriage not OK: Al-Nujaimi - Arab News

JEDDAH: An Islamic preacher has denied telling an online publication that Islam does not prohibit unsupervised phone calls between young women and men before they get engaged.

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Nujaimi was reported to have told online publication Awj that it is fine for an unrelated man and woman to get to know each other before he proposes to her.

He added in the interview that the woman does not have to be supervised by a male guardian or her mother while she is speaking to the man and they both simply have to know their limits.

Al-Nujaimi told Arab News he was misquoted. “This is completely wrong, I never said that women could talk to men before they get married. What I said was the complete opposite,” he said. “I told her that if both families are fine with the bride and the groom talking over the phone, then the woman has to be accompanied by her mother or a male guardian who can supervise the conversation.”

Arab News contacted the journalist who stood by her report. However, she refused to provide a recording of the interview.

Awj also reported that Al-Nujaimi advised women to marry into families they already knew or heard of. However, this did not mean preventing marriages to potential partners from other regions, he reportedly said, adding that it was better if the bride knew a bit about the groom before the wedding.

A male guardian must supervise the phone calls between such couples, Al-Nujaimi told Arab News. “Without a male guardian, women should be forbidden from speaking to unrelated men,” he said. “If the young woman was reluctant to have her parents present, then she has to be supervised by her older brother,” he added.