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  • siam
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    Honor-killings--- are not "Islamic" but this is practiced in some Muslim as well as non-Muslim societies. It is associated with tribal culture/traditions
    IMO, honor killings are Murder.

    Rape---traditionally/historically in Islamic jurisprudence---Rape was considered "Hiraba" a serious crime on the level with crimes such as treason. Today, in some tribal areas, the rape crime is being equated with adultery (Zina) and its prosecution is faulty creating much injustice.

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  • Christianbookworm
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    Originally posted by Paprika View Post
    No. Go look up honour killings. It's not for the sake of the victim, but the sake of her family.
    I know. I realized that right after I posted it. Me being a dumb individualist!

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  • Paprika
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    Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
    So they might see it as a mercy kill? Rape as a fate worse than death?
    No. Go look up honour killings. It's not for the sake of the victim, but the sake of her family.

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  • Christianbookworm
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    So they might see it as a mercy kill? Rape as a fate worse than death?

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  • Paprika
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    Wrong perspective; use honour-shame.

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  • Catholicity
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    In fundamentalist Islam, if a woman is found to be not a virgin even by rape, she is supposed to be punished along with the man who slept with her. Realistically, the man who hurts women goes free and the woman is put to death in many Islamic cultures. Usually in more liberal cultures women tend to be verbally humiliated however men are punished. In the US its handled as a law case. In cases where the family is more "westernized" often the family does its own justice. The problem here is that there isn't really a court system, but the families get to decide how to handle their own, and it can range from killing the offender to killing both. Islam is a religion which allows for violence among its citizens.

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  • KingsGambit
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    Execute rape victims?

    Check out this current imbroglio in India. The article isn't entirely clear on what the role of Islam is here... so I will just leave this here waiting for feedback from some of you who know a little more about Islam.

    http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation...rk_923734.html
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