Many Muslims deny that honor killings have anything to o with ISlam and that’s it’s just a “cultural” thing. They either know it’s true and are hiding the facts, or are incaable of fathoming their religion sanctioning such horrible acts. The link of Islam to honor killings couldn’t be more clear. We’ve been covering the numerous stories from all over the world where family members are killed by their own to “preserve the family honor”. It’s widely known that the perpetrators of these crimes often get off with minimal punishment and sometimes don’t get charged in the first place. See here for all the IAC reports on honor killings.
Robert from Jihadwatch writes:
“While the practice is not confined to a specific cultural group and has no links to Islam, there is ‘no question,’ Mr. Oppal said, the numbers of honour killings are higher in certain communities.”
No links to Islam? Really?
Consider these:
A manual of Islamic law certified by Al-Azhar as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.” (‘Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2).
In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. In accord with this, in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that “Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.”
And related to the practice is this:
“The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used not to kill the children, so thou shouldst not kill them unless you could know what Khadir had known about the child he killed, or you could distinguish between a child who would grow up to he a believer (and a child who would grow up to be a non-believer), so that you killed the (prospective) non-believer and left the (prospective) believer aside.” – Sahih Muslim Book 019, Number 4457
Khadir, or Khidr, figures in sura 18 of the Qur’an. He is traveling with Moses, and:
“Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he [Khadir] slew him. Moses said: “Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!” Khadir replies: “As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah and man). So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection….” (18:74, 18:80-81).
Why does it matter that the practice of honor killing has Islamic sanction? Because if the roots of honor killing are never discussed and always ignored, the practice will never stop. Until the Islamic roots of the practice are discussed openly and human rights groups begin calling for reform, honor killings will continue in the Islamic world — and in Muslim communities in the West.
And the idea that this is a racial issue or racial term is absurd. Islam is not a race, and the victims of honor killing are Muslim women. It is racist now to want to protect Muslim women from being murdered?
Related posts:
- Sad milestone for Turkey: 1,000 honor killings in 5 years
- Pakistan: Twenty percent of homicides are honor killings
- Turkey: Study shows 1 in 4 students SUPPORT honor killings
- FBI has epiphany – admits Said murders “may” have been honor killings
- Honor killings demonstrate the intolerance of Islam
- Honor killings on the rise in Iraq: Hitmen charging $100 per victim
- Three men charged in honor killing in Jordan
- Gaza: Father kills daughter to “preserve family honor”
- Honor killer admits, justifies Islamic savagery
- Pakistan: Poll Finds 67% Support Honor Killings; 50% think “Sharia Law” brings peace
