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Essay / Honor Killings Essay - 1075
In every country, there are a variety of cultures and religions. Every religion includes the systematic patterns of beliefs, values, and behaviors acquired by individuals as members of their society. Although every religion has its own beliefs, there are a few that oppose the spate of honor killings. Honor killing, also known as customary killing, occurs when a killing takes place within a family or clan member by one or more other family members, in which the community believes that the victim has dishonored the community. Current events in these countries speak of several horrific crimes linked to the belief in the murder of a person that cause any shame as an honor to their family or community. However, these crimes should be prohibited without considering these cultural and religious acts, because it is not a divine right to take the life of another living person without punishment. This article titled “My Daughter Deserved to Die for Falling in Love” by Afif Sarhan and Caroline Davies is a horrific overseas story about a 17-year-old student, Rand Abdel-Qader, who was beaten to death by her own father, Ali Abdel-Qader. He confessed to the murder without hesitation because in his eyes Rand had brought so much shame to the family that it was she herself who had inflicted her own death reasoning on him. She was considered to have brought shame to her family after becoming infatuated with a British soldier named Paul. Rand was unable to enjoy her teenage life or even reach her adult life. She died a virgin without having had a real experience of true love. When her mother saw her only daughter being brutally beaten by her father, she ran to call her two sons to help them stop their crazy father, but instead... middle of paper ...... norance and contempt for morals and laws, which can only be abolished by disciplinary sanctions. It goes without saying that people do not have the right to take the law into their own hands, as it is the responsibility of the Muslim state and its concerned organs to maintain peace, security, etc., and to prevent chaos and disorder seep into Muslim society. " Meanwhile, prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Muhammad Al-Hanooti, a member of the North American Fiqh Council, adds: "In Islam, there is no place for unjustifiable killings. Even in the case of capital punishment, only the government can enforce the law through legal proceedings. No one has the power to execute the law except the officers responsible for it. Honor killings might be a bad cultural tradition. This is an unjust and inhumane action. This guy's murderer deserves to be punished.”