Was This An Honor Killing?
Dallas Morning News Sunday, January 13, 2008
The closing comments of this article speak volumes...
It would be preposterous to believe that all, or even most, Muslim men are wife-beating brutes. But it also would be irresponsible to ignore the cultural and religious teachings that create an environment in which females who don't behave as males command deserve to suffer. And it would be immoral not to confront them.
The Said girls had a funeral at the Dallas Central Mosque. One imam talked about the primary importance of the family in Islam and of the responsibility parents have to keep their families strong. These are arguments used to justify honor killing. But if a word against honor killing – or violence against women – was spoken in English at that service, no one heard it.
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I hope there is some form of justice for Amina and Sarah.
ReplyDeleteEllen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
For a scholarly article on wife beating and wife discipline in Islamic Law, written by two Michigan State law students, look at the Cienfuegos blog at http://gimmetruth.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/discipline-as-a-means-to-marital-reconciliation/
ReplyDeleteAlso, I am posting brief comments at Therapeutic Family Law, my blog at http://therapeuticfamilylaw.blogspot.com/