A Jordanian man who murdered his sister for being a prostitute got a reduced jail sentence because he killed her in a "fit of rage", the Jordan Times reported on Wednesday. The Criminal Court has sentenced a 26-year-old shepherd to six months in prison for the murder of his older sister in April 2005.
When will this "Honor Killing" criminals get what they deserve? Where in religion does it justify this crime or the sentence? Even in worst case scenarios, Islam asks to get two male witnesses or one male and two females (2:282), In fact the woman's testimony can even invalidate the man's. If a man accuses his wife of unchastity, he is required by the Quran to solemnly swear five times as evidence of the wife's guilt. If the wife denies and swears similarly five times, she is not considered guilty and in either case the marriage is dissolved (24:6-11).
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This isnt even really about Islam, although they use Islam to try and justify it. These things happen a lot in Hindu and Sikh India. It is a cultural issue really.
As to these people getting justice, as far as I am concerned, murder is murder, and should be treated as such no matter whether it is your son, brother, father or husband who kills you.
Yeah I agree. These are gender crimes dressed with religion. Buried beneath is that weird concept of women bearing the responsibilty of family honor and basing on their concept of "purity". I wonder what would happen if a mother killed her son for similar reasons.
There will be no justice until it's seen for what it is.
ISLAM denied Honner Killing and asks for four witnesses not only two.
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