then I blame Islam for not stamping it out already.
I agree with you. But why would the murderers use honour killings as a way to get a lenient sentence?Actually in damning report by the Jordanian interior ministry, they found that over 90% of homicide again women were declared "honor killings" because the person accused of the murder had actually used it as a way to get a lenient sentence, but the actual motive was entirely different. And no honor killings are certainly not Islamic, why? a) there are clear punishments for cases of adultery and fornication, none of which include death! b) this is clearly tribalism making a come back in a country that used to be filled with desert bedouin up until about 60 years ago, and who had their own tribal laws and not necessairly applied Islamic precepts per se.
I'd like to think my ideology has stamped out honour killing in my country, or rather it may not have existed here in the first place. Islam on the other hand covers the geographical areas where honour killing is most prevalent, and Islam has been around for a longer time.
I don't expect Muslim lands to be the epitome of Islamic virtue (although they should be), but this backward and barbaric cultural practice should have been stamped out ages ago.
Greetings. Where did JESUS ever condone killing in the NT/NC?Does your ideology condone rape? If not, why does it exist in your society? And in larger numbers than honour killings exist anywhere, at that. Your ideology is guilty of not stamping it out.
-Excerpt from Reductio ad Absurdum for Dummies, by Futuwwa
Rape is illegal and punished under our laws.Does your ideology condone rape? If not, why does it exist in your society? And in larger numbers than honour killings exist anywhere, at that. Your ideology is guilty of not stamping it out.
-Excerpt from Reductio ad Absurdum for Dummies, by Futuwwa
It is not irrelevant to the fact that some (I agree not all) countries who claim to uphold Islamic law justify honor killings as a lesser crime (Jordon is one example).Which is irrelevant for the evaluation of Nooj's absurd notion that an ideology is directly responsible for what goes on in places where it is prevalent.
Perhaps you can explain that to the Muslims [and also the Jews while ur at it]Rape is illegal and punished under our laws.
Honor killings are given, at best, reduced sentences under the laws of many Islamic countries.
Your comparison fails.
As for why rapes or honor killings continue anywhere, see original sin.
OKPerhaps you can explain that to the Muslims [and also the Jews while ur at it]
Unfortunately, rape seems to be one of those despicable practices like murder that won't go away. Rape however is not a cultural practice.Does your ideology condone rape? If not, why does it exist in your society? And in larger numbers than honour killings exist anywhere, at that. Your ideology is guilty of not stamping it out.
-Excerpt from Reductio ad Absurdum for Dummies, by Futuwwa