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Honor Killings And Culturally Applied Islam

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2009 · People & Blogs

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CNN's Senior Middle East Affairs Editor Octavia Nasr on the subject of honor killings in the Arab/Muslim world.

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RELIANCE OF THE TRAVELER AND TOOLS FOR THE WORSHIPER
Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik
A classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (d. 1368 AD). Edited and Translated by Sheik Nuh Ha Mim Keller, certified by Al-Azhar. 
Online "notepad" version: 
http://www.nku.edu/~kenneyr/Islam/Reliance.html
Download your own PDF copy from "Shafiifiqh:"
http://www.shafiifiqh.com/maktabah/relianceoftraveller.pdf
http://bit.ly/1IdKNOG
Excerpt:
"o1.2 The following are not subject to retaliation:
(1) a child or insane person, under any circumstances (O: whether Muslims or non-Muslim ...)
(2) a Muslim for killing a non-Muslim;
(3) a Jewish or Christian subject of the Islamic state for killing an apostate from Islam (O: because a subject of the state is under its protection, while killing an apostate from Islam is without consequences);
(4) A FATHER OR MOTHER (OR THEIR FATHERS OR MOTHERS) FOR KILLING THEIR OFFSPRING, OR OFFSPRING'S OFFSPRING;
(5) NOR IS RETALIATION PERMISSIBLE TO A DESCENDANT FOR (A: HIS ANCESTORS') KILLING SOMEONE WHOSE DEATH WOULD OTHERWISE ENTITLE THE DESCENDANT TO RETALIATE, SUCH AS WHEN HIS FATHER KILLS HIS MOTHER."


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19440656
 "Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. For many Egyptian women, sexual harassment - which sometimes turns into violent mob-style attacks - is a daily fact of life, reports the BBC's Bethany Bell in Cairo ... Said Sadek, a sociologist from the American University in Cairo, says that the problem is deeply rooted in Egyptian society: a mixture of what he calls increasing Islamic conservatism, on the rise since the late 1960s, and old patriarchal attitudes." 

Indonesia: Islamist groups object to gender equality bill 
http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Religion/Indonesia-Islamist-groups-object-to-gender-equality-bill_313090806309.html
"Six major Indonesian Islamic organizations have voiced objections to the gender fairness and equality bill, saying that some articles may harm Islamic values. The objections were made during a consultation meeting between the organizations and the House's religion and social affairs commission. The criticisms came from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the Indonesian Consultative Council for Muslim Women Organizations (BMO-IWI), Aisyiah, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), the Islamic Community Party (PUI) and Muslimat NU. The representatives, who were all women, said that the bill could further violate Islamic law on inheritance sharing, marriage and women's rights to be a mother and housewife." 

Opposition forces government to defer women domestic violence bill 
http://tribune.com.pk/story/360560/opposition-forces-government-to-defer-women-domestic-violence-bill/
"The government on Thursday deferred the Domestic Violence Protection (Prevention and Protection) Bill 2009 following strong resistance by opposition parties including the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F). It was none other than JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman who dared the government to take the Bill through the house, warning his party would oppose it tooth and nail."

"Honor killings" require tougher laws, say Iraqi women
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/06/us-iraq-women-idUSTRE82510920120306
"Near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a father doused his three teenage daughters with boiling water and shot them because, he told a court, he suspected they were having sex. 2 died ... Murder in Iraq can carry a death sentence but under laws that activists say are far too lenient for so-called "honor killings," the father was jailed for just 2 years. Medical examinations showed the girls were virgins.

Palestinian women await scrapping of honour killing
http://bit.ly/xSSqYJ
"The Palestinian Women's Movement is awaiting the implementation of the reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah, which will pave the way for a legitimate parliament to approve the long-awaited legislation which abolishes the legal clauses that allow crimes of honour."

Lebanon Sunni clergy reject domestic abuse law
http://www.lebanonwire.com/1106MLN/11062426AF.asp
"..."This will have a negative impact on Muslim children... who will see their mother threatening their father with prison, in defiance of patriarchal authority, which will in turn undermine the moral authority" of fathers, it said..."

Jordan quashes 'honour crimes' law 
http://english.aljazeera.net/archive/2003/09/2008410102158508644.html
"... Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values ..."

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