Posted on 08/11/2009 11:05:47 AM PDT by george76
A 41-YEAR-OLD Jordanian man was charged with premeditated murder after his raped teenage niece was shot dead on Tuesday to "cleanse" the family's honour...
"The man was arrested and charged after he shot the 16-year-old girl eight times in different parts of her body,'' ...
"The suspect, who was arrested while carrying his gun, confessed to the crime, saying that he wanted to cleanse his family's honour after his niece was raped last year. She gave birth to a baby boy two months ago and her family kept the child.''
"honour killings'', a court usually commutes or reduces sentences...
Between 15 and 20 women are murdered each year in Jordan in the name of honour
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
It would appear not to be nearly as prevalent as in the Muslim world. And the copts are for the record Egyptian Christians.
You are probably correct.
Indeed, until 1974, in Texas it was considered "justifiable homicide" in some cases to kill you wife if you caught her in the act of infidelity.
I would contend that such a reaction in the heat of the moment is somewhat different from the premeditated killing of a sister or daughter to “cleanse the family’s honor.”
Agreed:
Perhaps. However, I think the specificity of the exemption -- wife caught in the act -- is suggestive of the same "honor killing" argument: it's noteworthy that there were no other exemptions, although a finding of "sudden passion" might result in a reduced sentence.
(Poke here for an interesting article on the subject...)
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