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Originally Posted by akv
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.
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AKV,
Are you really trying to support your premise that honor killing is culturally motivated instead of religious with the two articles you referenced? Did you actually read the first article?
From the first article in the Times:
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The first phase of the competition was a bikini contest. Ms Fares knew that parading in her red two-piece could be considered controversial in the Druze community, whose religion is an offshoot of Islam.
Her participation in the pageant even raised the judges’ eyebrows. “They were very surprised when they found out I was Druze. They asked me if it would be a problem for me to be in the contest. I told them ‘no’, that my whole family supported me,” Ms Fares said.
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The second article discusses the honor killing of one Christian woman and two Muslim women. Hardly compelling evidence to suggest honor killings are cultural.