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	Honor killing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Honor killing is the killing of a female for supposed sexual or marital offenses, typically by her own relatives, with the justification being that the "offense" has brought "dishonor" to the family.
		In societies and cultures where it occurs, honor killing is often regarded as a private matter for the affected family alone; rarely do non-family members or the courts become involved or prosecute the perpetrators.
		An honor killing, in Islamic definitions, refers specifically to extra-legal punishment by the family against the woman, and is technically forbidden by the Sharia (Islamic law).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honor_killing (2716 words)

	Gendercide Watch: "Honour" Killings and Blood Feuds
		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.
		The typical "honour" killer is a man, usually the father, husband, or brother of the victim.
		As with witch-hunts, however, "honour" killings also need to be viewed from a broader societal perspective; they derive from expectations of female behaviour that are held and perpetuated by men and women alike.
	www.gendercide.org /case_honour.html (3876 words)

	ChristianIraq.com » Killing for Honour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The number of so-called honour killings - where a woman is killed by family members because they believe she has in some way shamed them - is said to have increased in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
		Iraq is a tribal society where honour killings are an accepted practice, but cases have been increasing because conservative attitudes have grown.
		Bakr told IWPR that there are different motives for honour killings - such as when a woman refuses to accept her family’s choice of marriage partner, marries someone they disapprove of, or has been raped.
	www.christianiraq.com /news/2005/05/19/killing-for-honour (633 words)

	World Affairs Board - Honour Killing! — Why?
		One of the most recent honour killings of a woman seeking divorce occurred in the afternoon of 6 April 1999, when 29-year-old Samia Sarwar, a mother of two young sons, was shot dead in her lawyer's office in Lahore.
		For a woman to be targeted for killing in the name of honour, her consentor the lack of consent in an action considered shameful is irrelevant to the guardians of honour.
		Honour killings are but an extreme form of violence against women which appears to be approved by wide sections of society of Pakistan and is ignored by the state.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=4201 (9423 words)

	Feud - tScholars.com
		A blood feud is a feud with a cycle of retaliatory violence, with the relatives of someone who has been killed or otherwise wronged seeking vengeance by killing or otherwise physically punishing the culprits or their relatives.
		Originally, a vendetta was a blood feud between two families where kinsmen of the victim intended to avenge his or her death by killing either those responsible for the killing or some of their relatives.
		Similarly, honor killings are practised among more conservative sections of Muslim society, usually against female members of a family for perceived or actual sexual transgressions.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Blood_feud (832 words)

	Crimes of Honour: Women's Tragedy under Islam & Tribal Customs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Women, who have brought 'shame' to family's 'honour', are sentenced to death by family courts and the sentence is usually carried out by male members of families.
		After failed efforts, and active campaigns launched against honour killings by women rights activists and progressive forces; as a result of a legislative amendment to Article 340 of the Penal Code, perpetrators of honour crimes are not exempt from the death penalty, anymore.
		Death penalty is not the solution to honour killings, and it doesn't stop women killings and practicing misogyny.
	www.secularislam.org /women/honor.htm (915 words)

	Women in the Middle East
		ICAHK (The International Campaign Against Honour Killings) have learnt from the Metropolitan Police that there are reasons to suggest it was an 'honour killing”, possibly in connection with a failed arranged marriage.
		In communities where honour killings are implemented, that most basic of human rights, the right to life is entirely disregarded and cultural, religious and nationalist values are judged far more important than women’s lives.
		She denied the killing but the sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court at the beginning of January, though her lawyer is reportedly appealing the decision.
	www.middleastwomen.org /html/bulletin/bulletin-41.htm (7319 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Jordanian ''Forbidden Love'' fabricated? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Her book was credited with publicizing so-called "honor killings" in which women are killed, mostly by brothers and fathers in male-dominated societies, for having sex outside marriage, dating, simply talking to men or even for being raped.
		Honor killings occur when the female "dishonors" the family reputation for perceived misuse of her sexuality.
		Honor killings tend to be prevalent in countries with a majority Muslim population, but many Islamic leaders and scholars condemn the practice and deny that it is based on religious doctrine.
	www.albawaba.com /en/countries/175921 (1168 words)

	Voices of Youth - Is honour killing really honourable?
		Parents kill their own daughter just because they have 'shamed' their own family, lock them up until they are old enough to get married, stone them to death and many more.
		Honour killing is unacceptable to me. It seems that you would have to educate the whole community, and people set in their ways are hard to sway.
		killing is bad, but they live in a different type of society one that most of us could never understand because it's so different from our own.
	www.unicef.org /voy/discussions/printthread.php?t=2393&pp=40 (1972 words)

	Memorandum to the Chief Minister, Rajesthan against the honour killing of Neelam of Dausa district, Jaipur
		Inspite the fact that the girl's case was with the police she was killed.
		This honour killing was undertaken as the family was unable to take the shame that the daughter had lived with a Bairwa boy for a month and it was public knowledge.
		• The decision of killing the girl was definitely a collective one (of the kutumb panchayat with participation from nearby villages) and by the men of the family although executing the murder was carried out by the grand uncle, uncles and the father.
	www.pucl.org /Topics/Gender/2004/neelam.htm (1760 words)

	ANAA - Honour Killing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Murder for honour commonly known as "Honour Killing" predates the British coming to the Subcontinent.
		For instance, fathers killed daughters who dared to marry of their own free will; brothers killed sisters who were considered "rebellious", personal feuds were settled by killing the targeted person and then a woman of one's own family.
		It is encouraging that "Honour Killing" is now being openly discussed in the parliament.
	www.4anaa.org /projects/honor-killing/index.htm (405 words)

	'Honour killing' in hospital
		Guldunya Toren, 22, was declared brain-dead after her two brothers, aged 20 and 24, got into the Istanbul hospital overnight Wednesday to Thursday and shot her twice in the head as she lay in her bed.
		The brothers, who had been told by the family to carry out this "honour killing" - the name given here to the killing by relatives of women suspected of being unchaste - escaped on foot.
		She was sent to Istanbul to have her baby before the family decided to kill her.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1490567,00.html (281 words)

	Honour Killing in Iraqi Kurdistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is a crime committed in the name of honour, which is why it is retained in tribal custom and why, in tribal tradition, the penalties for it are either non-existent or much less severe than those prescribed by penal law.
		In the absence of men it happened that, sometimes, an honour killing meant that both victim and killer were women.
		The crime of so-called ‘honour killing’ is as a result of social circumstances.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=7649 (1894 words)

	Islam :: 'Honour killing' shocks Germany
		The police have arrested her three brothers, in the belief that Mrs Surucu was the latest victim in a series of so-called "honour killings" that have taken place in Berlin in recent months.
		Muslim leaders in Berlin are at pains to stress that there is no basis for honour killings in the Koran.
		Honour killings are, she says, just the most extreme form of repression faced by the people who come to her.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /10585 (900 words)

	Honour killing law tightened -DAWN - Top Stories; 27 October, 2004
		Adviser to the Prime Minister on Women Development, Ms Neelofar Bakhtiar, thanked the house for passing the bill on honour killing and praised the ruling PML president, the prime minister and the ministry of law for their role in its preparation and passage.
		She said that as many as 913 women had been killed in 'honour- related crimes' in the country during the year 2003 with 638 cases of honour crime committed in Sindh, 463 in Punjab, 120 in the NWFP and 40 in Balochistan.
		MNA Gian Chand, on a point of order, complained that the house standing committee on minorities had not elected its chairman in two years which was hampering business relating to the 2.5 to 3 million minority population of the country.
	www.dawn.com /2004/10/27/top1.htm (1095 words)

	Dhimmi Watch: Germany: 'Honour killing' brother jailed
		We don't have the death penalty because we were convicting and killing too many innocent people and because judges and juries and witnesses are just human and it is all too easy to make mistakes.
		So, if a person kills another person, it is the fault of the society who made him kill and not of the person who did the actual killing.
		I think what our government needs to understand is that we shouldn't show false tolerance towards cruel and inhuman traditions like "honor" killings and forced marriages, but we should support the muslim girls and women, help them out of their families if they are threatened, open shelters and offer alternatives.
	www.jihadwatch.org /dhimmiwatch/archives/011004.php (3129 words)

	Honor Killing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In various countries throughout the world, particularly in the Middle East and parts of South Asia, women who bring dishonor to their families because of sexual indiscretions are forced to pay a terrible price at the hands of male family members.
		The problem of “honor killings” is not a problem of morality or of ensuring that women maintain their own personal virtue; rather, it is a problem of domination, power and hatred of women who, in these instances, are viewed as nothing more than servants to the family, both physically and symbolically.
		Confronting the problem of “honor killings” and other crimes that disproportionately affect women requires a change in attitude that pervades all levels of society where such attacks occur.
	www.mwlusa.org /publications/positionpapers/hk.html (1066 words)

	Diggings Resources - Honour killing
		"Honour killing" is an ironic name for what is a deeply dishonourable practice.
		A young Jordanian woman from Amman fell in love with an American and was seen by her brother to hold the American's hand.
		All I can say is that if the males have to resort to murder to keep their women in line, perhaps they are not the men they think they are.
	www.diggingsonline.com /pages/rese/guide/hon.htm (527 words)

	'Honour killing' inspires reflection among Pakistanis - Sean Hannity Discussion
		A so-called 'honour killing' involving a Pakistani family leads members of the immigrant community to reflect on the practice
		A Pakistani man's alleged shooting of his younger sister in a so-called 'honour killing' over the weekend has led members of the Pakistani community to discuss ways of halting the practice.
		How society could prevent killings committed in the name of honour would be the focus of the discussion forum.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=31335 (449 words)

	Bill against honour killing presented -DAWN - Top Stories; 22 October, 2004
		The word 'honour killing' has been replaced with 'honour crime' to make it mild and acceptable to various sections of the society.
		Through the amendment to section 299, Act XLY of 1860 PPC, 'honour crime' will mean an offence committed in the name of 'Ghairat' or honour or for "vindication of Ghairat or honour and includes honour killing and the offence committed on the pretext of karo-kari, siyah-kari or similar other customs".
		In statement of objects and reasons it has been stated that the "issue of hour-killing and other honour crimes committed in the name of 'karo-kari, siyah-kari and similar other customs it has always been a matter of concern of human rights organizations and the public which has assumed more significance in the recent years".
	www.dawn.com /2004/10/22/top6.htm (437 words)

	Kurdish Womens Action Against Honour Killings (KWAHK)
		Kurdish Women Action Against Honour killing (KWAHK) is a network of Kurdish and non-Kurdish activists, lawyers and academic researchers.
		STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Thousands of women are murdered by their fathers or brothers each year in so-called honour killings, a practice which can only be fought by improving women’s role in society, an inte More..
		KWAHK at the European Conference on Honour Related Violence October 7- 8th, 2004 Kurdish Women Action Against Honour Killing (KWAHK) is invited to participate in the European Conference on hon More..
	www.kwahk.org (523 words)

	`Honour killing' backlash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In one of those, brothers Ferit and Irfan Toren were arrested and charged with shooting their 22-year-old sister, Guldunya, twice in the head, killing her, as she lay in a hospital bed recovering from an earlier attack by the same brothers.
		Honour killings are not new in Turkey but their numbers may be rising — particularly among the displaced Kurdish hill people of the remote southeast, where patriarchal values often clash with modern urban life.
		Most people campaigning against honour killings acknowledge that the root issues are complicated and that, in addition to law reform, issues of joblessness and lack of education among internal refugees must be addressed.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1136608/posts (4364 words)

	Oxfam to launch campaign against honour killing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		During 2003, a total of 1,261 women were killed in the name of honour, according to the Pakistani human rights' group, Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA).
		In the first half of 2004, 268 cases of honour killings were reported in the province of Sindh, according to the women rights' organisation, Aurat Foundation.
		Highlighting the main features of the forthcoming campaign against honour killing, Stocker said that a number of main target groups had been identified - rural women and men, youth, social, tribal, and political leaders, members of the lower judiciary and police and national electronic and print media.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=44046 (559 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| 'Honour killing' brother jailed
		The Berlin court's presiding judge Michael Degreif said Hatun Surucu was killed "because she lived her life as she saw fit" and had adopted Western ideas of sexual equality, the AFP news agency reports.
		Hatun Surucu was the sixth victim of honour killings among Berlin's 200,000-strong Turkish community in as many months.
		The killing led to a wide debate in Germany about honour killings.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/4905758.stm (366 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| 'How many more women have to die before this society wakes up?'
		Police are investigating whether Mrs Sürücü was the victim of a so-called "honour killing" after she made the decision to leave the cousin with whom she had been forced into an arranged marriage eight years earlier.
		The five Muslim women killed in recent months were murdered by their husbands or partners because they had "insulted" the family honour by wanting to end the relationship.
		In another case, a 21-year-old Turkish woman who was forcibly married to her cousin was stabbed to death on the street by her husband in front of their three-year-old daughter.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/27/wturk27.xml (775 words)

	ANAA - Honour Killing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		World and I: Honor killing Middle East: After killing his daughter, wife or even mother they are considered hero in their tribes as they restored the honor to the family.
		Heer Ismail Soho, MPA MQM, demands that the accused for Honour killings should be tried as "murderers" and punished, if convicted, for 25 yrs.
		President Musharraf condemns the practice of Honour Killing.
	www.4anaa.org /projects/honor-killing/hk-link.htm (337 words)

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