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Muslim Honor Killing

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The issue of honour killings is a concept that has lasted for hundreds of years, predominantly this tool has been used against the women by many religious thoughts and countries. Even in this modern era the issue is still active and immensely debated in the Muslim World and also many reforms has been brought in this area of law. However, many legislations of Muslim World claims to provide protection against honour killings they are still ineffective and at times it is astonishing to see statutes providing justification for honour killings. The issue of honour killings is quite perplex as it contains many thesis and anti-thesis for its justification. This essay will seek to evaluate the role of Muslim World in providing protection against honour …show more content…

A honour murdering is the manslaughter of an individual from a family or social gathering by different individuals, because of the conviction the casualty has brought disrespect upon the family or group. The demise of the casualty is seen as an approach to restore the notoriety and honour of the family. A simplistic definition of honour killings is given by Rabia Ali in a report for Shirkit Gah: ‘‘When a man takes the life of a woman and claims that he did it because she was guilty of immoral sexual conduct it is called an honour killing, not murder’’. The rationale given for honour killing is that the honour of tribes rests in its women, women are seen as property of men in most of the Muslim …show more content…

It can be argued that such a concept maybe understood from the fact that the moral values, traditions and customs of these Muslim world differ drastically form that of the west. Support for this argument can be found from the book of Christine Mallouhi who identifies in her exposition of Islamic culture that “Islamic culture is deeply based on honour and shame.”
Article 562 of Lebanon’s penal code says that if a man catches his wife or female relative engaging in sex outside of wedlock, he can kill or injure her in a moment of passion and receive a lenient sentence. This legal protection does not, however, extend to a woman who happens upon her husband or a male relative in a similarly compromising position
One of the few countries that have recently amended its Law regarding honour killings is Turkey. A new Law was enacted by Turkey’s parliament on September 2004 which imposed a life sentence for anyone convicted of murder with a moral killing motive. The new law defined honour killings as voluntary suicide. Also, family members who encourage another member of the family to commit a murder or to commit suicide will be punished. Those who encourage children to commit a crime will be punished more

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