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Honor Killings
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Honor Killings |
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1972 |
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Honor Killings
[Category]:
Social Issues
[Paper Title]:
Honor Killings
[Text]:
Human rights violations against women have, for too long, been denied the
attention and concern of international organizations, national governments,
traditional human rights groups and the press. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions
of girls and women around the world continue to endure debilitating and often
fatal human rights abuses. These are only a few instances of abuse which occur
every single day all around the world. Human rights violations against women
must be documented, publicized and stopped.
 Brazil: A man who confessed to stabbing his wife and her lover
to death is for the second time acquitted of murder by an all-male jury. The
acquittal is based on the argument that he acted in legitimate defense of his
wronged honor.
 India: A 10-year-old girl is rescued by a flight attendant who
noticed her crying. Her father has sold her to the 60-year-old man sitting next
to her for the equivalent of $240US.
 Ireland: A 14-year-old girl, raped by her best friend’s
father, learns she is pregnant. She is prohibited from travelling to England
where abortion is legal. Only when she indicates she will commit suicide if
forced to carry the pregnancy to term does the Supreme Court allow her to
proceed.
 Kenya: At a boarding school, 300 boys attack the girls’
dormitory. Seventy-one girls are raped. Nineteen are trampled to death in the
stampede to escape. The school’s vice principal remarks, “The boys never
meant any harm against the girls. They just wanted to rape.”
 United States: A 51-year-old woman is stabbed 19 times and
killed by her former boyfriend as she waits inside a courthouse to extend an
order of protection. Twice before he had been charged with harassment. Both
times the charges were dropped by the courts. (www.equalitynow.com)
One of the most horrific acts of abuse towards women is known as honor
killings. In various countries throughout the world, particularly in the Middle
East and parts of South Asia, women who bring dishonor to their families because
of sexual indiscretions or even rape are forced to pay a terrible price at the
hands of male family members. This brutal act is most commonly found among the
Islamic cultures. They use their religion as an excuse for their animalistic,
indecent behavior. However, Islam recognizes and celebrates the inherent dignity
bestowed by God upon all human be
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