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WHAT IS HONOUR KILLING

An honor killing or honour killing (see spelling differences, also called a customary killing) is the murder of a family or clan member by one or more fellow family members, where the murderers (and potentially the wider community) believe the victim to have brought dishonor upon the family .

A Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practice whereby murder, usually of a female family member, is committed by male family members in response to a perceived slight upon the so-called honour of the family, with the intent of defending that family honour

REASONS CITED FOR HONOUR KILLINGS

Suspicions of infidelity Promiscuity Flirting Desire for divorce Marrying someone of their own

choice. Dressing in a manner

unacceptable to the family or community.

MISCONCEPTION

Honor killings are not sanctioned by Islamic law or religion.

Honor Killings as a Global Problem

ItalyJordan Pakistan MoroccoSweden Turkey and Uganda.

BangladeshGreat BritainBrazil EcuadorEgypt India Israel

UN Resolution

On October 24, 2002, at the 57th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee, the UN resolution, "Working Towards the Elimination of Crimes Committed in the Name of Honor" was passed.

What is being done?

In Jordan, attempts at reforming the country’s penal code that exonerates or lessens the punishment for honor killings, have been made.

UN Resolution

CASES OF HONOUR KILLING IN INDIA.

Manoj-Babli honour killing case

Historical significance of the Manoj-Babli case

Monica and Kuldeep case.

Nirupama Pathak CASE:

FACTS AND FIGURES:

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that the annual world-wide number of “honour killing” victims may be as high as 5000 women

HONOUR KILLINGS A GLOBAL PROBLEM.

According to a 2002 report by the UN Special Reporter on Violence against Women, “honour killings” take place in Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, Morocco and other Mediterranean and Gulf countries. It also occurs in countries such as Germany, France and the United Kingdom within immigrant communities. It is not only in Islamic countries or communities that this act of violence is prevalent. Brazil is cited as a case in point, where killing is justified to defend the honour of the husband in the case of a wife’s adultery

More than 1,000 young people in India have been done to death every year owing to 'Honour Killings'  in INDIA two legal experts have claimed.Chandigarh-based legal experts Anil Malhotra and his brother Ranjit Malhotra have said that in traditional societies, honour killings are basically 'justified' as a sanction for 'dishonourable' behaviour.

FACTS AND FIGURES

According to a government report, 4,000 women and men were killed in Pakistan in the name of honour between 1998 and 2003, the number of women being more than double the number of men

FACT AND FIGURES

 In Jordan and Lebanon, 70 to 75 percent of the perpetrators of these so-called “honour killings” are the women’s brothers

BOOKS ON HONOUR KILLING.

MOVIES ON HONOUR KILLINGS

Can we have Principles with

out Ethics ?

NO.

WE CANNOT HAVE PRINCIPLES WITHOUT ETHICS OR ETHICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES AS THEY ARE THE TWO FACES OF THE SAME COIN AND THAY MUST EXIST TOGETHER.