spot;844426 wrote: Far more daughters are killed in other cultures than primarily Islamic ones. I use "culture" deliberately because this reprehensible (and rare) honour killing business is entirely culture-centred and not even slightly to do with religion.
It's not that rare, the two I referred to were recent, one in Toronto and on in Texas. According to this site
http://www.gendercide.org/case_honour.html
Most "honour" killings of women occur in Muslim countries, the focus of this case study; but it is worth noting that no sanction for such murders is granted in Islamic religion or law. And the phenomenon is in any case a global one. According to Stephanie Nebehay, such killings "have been reported in Bangladesh, Britain, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Pakistan, Morocco, Sweden, Turkey and Uganda." Afghanistan, where the practice is condoned under the rule of the fundamentalist Taliban movement, can be added to the list, along with Iraq and Iran. (Nebehay, "'Honor Killings' of Women Said on Rise Worldwide," Reuters dispatch, April 7, 2000.)
http://www.kent.edu/Magazine/Spring2007/JustCause.cfm
According to a United Nations report, at least 5,000 women worldwide each year are murdered under the pretext of “honor killings.” As defined by UNICEF, an honor killing is an ancient practice in which men kill female relatives in the name of family honor for forced or suspected sexual relations outside marriage.
While the majority of honor killings take place in primarily Muslim nations, it is not part of Islamic religious practice, says Dr. Nawal Ammar, Kent State professor of justice studies. In an Islamic context, punishment for infidelity is 100 lashes if the woman is single, or death by stoning if married. In both cases, however, four witnesses must ....
gee death by stoning - very honourable indeed
Apart from that, I see no reason to change a perfectly good system to appease one particular religious group.
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