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Possibly Cultural instead of Islamic?
All of these honor killings are barbaric and such a tragic waste. It certainly seems the vast majority of instances come from Muslim communities, Is it possible however this is actually just a feature of Middle Eastern Culture? In my attempt to understand the hows and whys of this I came across accounts of honor killings among the Druze communities in Israel and Palestinian Christians as well.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1489930.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...nt/4522465.stm
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Last edited by akv; 10-09-2009 at 18:36.
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