Several weeks ago a classmate of mine held an interesting forum on a topic that i have not hear about it, honor killing. It is happening everywhere. it consist of the murder of the females family members who are seen as dishonoring their families through real or perceived acts of indiscretion, such as premarital sexual relations, marital infidelity, unapproved dating, elopement, divorce without consent of family and even rape. The murder act is committed and has to be supported by males in the family.
"The practice of honor killings has absolutely no sanction in the Qur'an, t he Prophetic practice or the evolved systems of Islamic law. It is purely tribal and cultural practice. It is based on ignorance and disregard of moral laws. According to Sharia, the Islamic Law, the only circumstance a person might be charged and put to death is when a married person commits adultery. It applies to male and female. It does have to be confirmed at least by four people that the intercourse occur or their testimony would be rejected. The only purpose of this is to avoid false accusations. There is no such concept in Islam as called "honor killing". "Islam holds every soul in high esteem and does not allow any transgression upon it". Islamic law, Shariah, does not justify honor killing because people are not permitted to take the law into their own hands.
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I think any idea of killing someone other than in self defense is wrong. Euthanasia is about as far as I could at least understand the motivation behind it. Being able to beat or kill your wife is a tribal practice that should develop into the civilized world. Any culture or tribe who accepts this way of life should be confined to the jungle with the other beasts.
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