Comments on: Honour Killing and Much Ado About Nothing http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/ Thinking Ahead Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Political Mavens » WHY THE RISE IN DISHONOR MURDERS? http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-20790 Political Mavens » WHY THE RISE IN DISHONOR MURDERS? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:33:37 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-20790 [...] stories of such murders are nothing phony, nothing but a convenient weapon to use against Islam argues Tasmin in Mideast [...] [...] stories of such murders are nothing phony, nothing but a convenient weapon to use against Islam argues Tasmin in Mideast [...]

]]> By: Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-20789 Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:28:27 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-20789 It still comes down to the murder of young women because of a family's alleged "honor" and "pride" and "embarassment" in public. The Arab and Islamic World are not speaking out enough to stop honor killings. And for every honor killoing hoax, tragically there are thousands of other real examples. Perpetrators should not be turned into heros as they are in Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the other Arab and Islamic countries. We should focus on them and target them because the goal isn't to prevent it from becoming a weapon against Arabs or Islam. The goal is to save lives. Ray Hanania www.TheMediaOasis.com It still comes down to the murder of young women because of a family’s alleged “honor” and “pride” and “embarassment” in public. The Arab and Islamic World are not speaking out enough to stop honor killings. And for every honor killoing hoax, tragically there are thousands of other real examples. Perpetrators should not be turned into heros as they are in Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the other Arab and Islamic countries. We should focus on them and target them because the goal isn’t to prevent it from becoming a weapon against Arabs or Islam. The goal is to save lives.

Ray Hanania
http://www.TheMediaOasis.com

]]> By: Joanne http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-20788 Joanne Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:38:43 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/20/honour-killing-and-much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-20788 You don't need to stretch the category of 'honour' killings to include individualistic 'crimes of passion' or financial crimes like 'bride burning' to dissociate HK from Arab/Muslim history. HK are common to all classical patriarchies, including the Roman Empire. HK as we understand it - a collective murder intended to expunge shame from a collective notion of family 'honour' - was condoned under Italian law until 1980 in a law not dissimillar to the laws of Jordan, Syria etc, and that they were practised in the Mediteranean up to the 70s. There was even an 'honour killing' by an indigenous Italian just two years ago. You don’t need to stretch the category of ‘honour’ killings to include individualistic ‘crimes of passion’ or financial crimes like ‘bride burning’ to dissociate HK from Arab/Muslim history. HK are common to all classical patriarchies, including the Roman Empire. HK as we understand it – a collective murder intended to expunge shame from a collective notion of family ‘honour’ – was condoned under Italian law until 1980 in a law not dissimillar to the laws of Jordan, Syria etc, and that they were practised in the Mediteranean up to the 70s. There was even an ‘honour killing’ by an indigenous Italian just two years ago.

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