The view of women as property with no rights of their own is deeply rooted in Islamic culture, Tahira Shahid Khan, a professor specializing in women's issues at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan.
"Women are considered the property of the males in their family irrespective of their class, ethnic, or religious group. The owner of the property has the right to decide its fate. The concept of ownership has turned women into a commodity which can be exchanged, bought and sold."
Honor killings are perpetrated for a wide range of offenses. Marital infidelity, pre-marital sex, flirting, or even failing to serve a meal on time can all be perceived as impugning the family honor.
In 1999, more than two-thirds of all murders in Gaza strip and West bank were most likely honor killings. In Jordan there are an average of 23 such murders per year.
Thirty-six honor crimes were reported in Lebanon between 1996 and 1998, mainly in small cities and villages. Reports indicate that offenders are often under 18 and that in their communities they are sometimes treated as heroes.
In Yemen as many as 400 honor killings took place in 1997. In Egypt there were 52 reported honor crimes in 1997.
In Bangladesh between 1996 and 1998 there was a four-fold increase in reported acid attacks from 47 to more than 200.
2007-03-01 18:28:06
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answered by T J 3
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I have heard about "honor killings" when it comes to Muslims or Hindus, but I have to admit that as a life long member of the LDS faith and having had a sister leave the church, I have never heard about the LDS having the same thing. Perhaps fluffysox would be so kind as to give a link to where she found this information? I would be interested to read up on this.
2007-03-01 10:37:29
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answered by Dublin Ducky 5
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Actually, Mormon doctrine does support the killing of family members who leave the Mormon church, though many will deny this or are simply unaware of this. It is considered to be a final attempt to save the soul of a person who has left behind the church's teachings, thus it is considered to be an act of love & mercy. There is a specific name for it, but I can't remember the name right now. Something like blood atonement or the like.
2007-03-01 04:26:04
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answered by fluffysox 1
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Muslims are the only ones who pratice it and sucide bombings too.
There was an "honor" killing in Canada a while ago and when the Canadians were outraged the response from the Muslims we were religious bigots. Go figure.
2007-03-01 04:29:43
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answered by Anonymous
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John List killed his wife and 4 children because he believed they were going straight to hell. He was a Christian.
2007-03-01 04:26:31
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answered by liberpez 5
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Ever seen the movie Frailty? with matthew mcounghay(spelling)?
2007-03-01 04:22:52
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answered by Triskelion 4
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Christianity is unique in that it has no provision for its adherents to engage in warfare. Those ostensible "Christians" who do so ignore the Scriptures and the teachings and example of Jesus Christ himself.
(Matthew 26:52) Jesus said to him: “Return your sword to its place, for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword
(Isaiah 2:4) They will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.
(2 Corinthians 10:3-4) We do not wage warfare according to what we are in the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly
(Luke 6:27-29) I [Jesus] say to you who are listening, Continue to love your enemies, to do good to those hating you, to bless those cursing you, to pray for those who are insulting you. To him that strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20020408/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/t15/peaceful.htm
2007-03-01 08:08:13
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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What is happening is cultural practices becoming mixed up with religion. Islam doesn't permit killing other people. Your question is so wrong.
2007-03-01 04:24:19
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answered by Ayesha 4
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Islam doesn't order you to kill anybody,it is a great crime,one of the greatest sins in Islam.if there is anybody need to be executed the ruler is the one who do it not you,where did you get this information from.
2007-03-01 04:25:47
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answered by shockoshocko 3
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No religion tell you to kill your family members. I do agree that a some Muslims do kill thier family members as well as other for "honour". This is usually due to marriages.
There seems to be a perceived problem with forced marriages in Islam. This is totally incorrect. This problem has nothing in connection with Islam but rather a cultural problem within the Indian subcontinent.
Islam has liberated women from forced marriages for example as Madeleine Bunting describes
Shagufta, the 25-year-old editor of the Muslim magazine Q News, was brought up in London, in a traditional Pakistani home where the emphasis was on cultural conservatism rather than piety. A marriage to a cousin from Pakistan was arranged for her when she was about 10. Her parents had no wish for her to continue her education, and her adoption of the hijab was her rebellion against this traditional cultural background. "When I first put on hijab, my parents were shocked," she says. They would have been happier for her to wear the Pakistani shalwar kameez and a loose headscarf. "But I found liberation in Islam. It gave me the confidence to insist on a good education and reject the arranged marriage. Islam made sense to me, and I could understand it, as opposed to what I had grown up with. Plus, it was compatible with being British - being a British Muslim, rather than Pakistani."
Madeleine Bunting, Guardian, 08/12/01
Why do these parents force their children to marry? Parents tend to choose partners for their children from within their local communities, i.e. from their villages “back home”. They may be friends with a certain family and wish their child to live in a household which they like but not take into consideration the child point of view.
Then there are those who want raise their status by having some sort of relation to a certain family and use their children as pawns. Then there is a small minority who force marriage on their children to get a relative into a foreign country. The two latter are probably the most upsetting. These peoples parents are likely to be from rural villages, with little education and little grasp of Islam. They adhere to their tribal ideas, they may have Muslim names and claim to be Muslims. You can see one who is ready to pawn his daughter in order improve his or her status is not only a terrible Muslim but a terrible human being.
These forced marriages start when the family takes a trip “back home”. The next thing you know you are getting married to some one you might not have even seen let alone spoken to.
Muslims [Parents] THINK that forcing their offspring into an unwanted marriage IS the Islamic thing to do - of course the girl will resist and be shy about it, and make a fuss, but it will all die down once it is achieved, and she will learn that her parents were really right all along, and end up accepting it, if not being blissfully happy about it.
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, Islam For Today, Forced Marriages Condemned
This however is rarely the case, many girls run away, meet the wrong people and face many troubles. Yet these parents still blame their child for not respecting their parents and being lewd. The problem is not the girl that has ran away the problem is the parent and their “tribal ideas” their lack of cultural capital and little if any real knowledge of Islam.
If this is not the case then these situations end usually what we have come to know as honour killings. As the sad case of Samaira Nazir proves, if the parents of this girl cared so much of what people thought they should have explained to her what Islam prohibits and what is allowed, i.e. in terms of gender relations. However even this was an issue in this case, the issue was those tribal and ignorant ideas caste, when Islam has abolished these feeble ideologies and created a universal brotherhood for mankind, Islam transcends all races, tribes and cultures. So why is it an issue for Pakistani’s to know whether someone is Jatt, Raja, Gujar or an Indian to know whether someone is a Surti or a Baluchi?
A man who killed his sister because she wanted to marry a man from a lower caste has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.
Samaira Nazir, 25, was stabbed to death by her brother Azhar and 17-year-old cousin Imran Mohammed at the family's home in west London.
Nazir, 30, knifed his sister 18 times in a so-called 'honour killing' after her family were angered by her plan to marry asylum seeker Salman Mohammed.
Islam does not condone forced marriages and the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) stressed that a woman has to indicate her position and here permission has to be sought when the time comes for her to marry.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A virgin girl should be consulted about herself; if she says nothing that indicates her permission, but if she refuses, the authority of the guardian cannot be exercised against her will.
Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 11, Number 2088
A woman without a husband (or divorced or a widow) must not be married until she is consulted, and a virgin must not be married until her permission is sought. They asked the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him): How her (virgin's) consent can be solicited? He (peace be upon him) said: That she keeps silence.
Sahih Muslim, Book 008, Number 3303
A virgin came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and mentioned that her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) allowed her to exercise her choice.
Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 11, Number 2091
We can see the right given to a woman and yet some parents fail to realise and force their children into marriages that they are unhappy with.
A women also has the right to divorce her husband, however Allah tells us it better to try and work things out first.
If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between themselves; and such settlement is best
Quran an Nisa Chapter 4 Verse128
2007-03-01 04:24:10
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answered by By Any Means Necessary 5
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