Comments on: “Honor killings” contort religion

By: gloria

gloria — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:35:00 +0000

are there other articles written

By: greg stoddard

greg stoddard — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:05:39 +0000

Not bad overall, but terminology as ‘do not subscribe’ and ‘unacceptable’ will never generate the ‘heat’ necessary to end Honor killings. How about ‘condemn’and ‘denounce’ and ‘intolerable’and deplorable. Let’s make this more personal. I found it unacceptable that my wife was found beheaded resulting from an ‘Honor killing’ a practice to which I do not subscribe.
Let’s try again. I found it intolerable that my wife was found beheaded resulting from an “honor killing’ a practice that I condemn. Also the effort to draw a similarity between the actual murders of these victims and teachings coming from the mouths of those on the list you provided is a huge stretch. If I happened upon an honor killing in progress, I would intervene with whatever force necessary to prevent an innocent killing. If it meant killing the perpetrator, so be it. Or maybe I should express my displeasure with the event and call 911????Good try though, keep trying.

By: Nida

Nida — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:57:37 +0000

I agree with Ms. Robinson that this entire idea of honor killings is too horrific and something needs to be done to correct it. Living in Pakistan, we see daily reports in the newspapers about honor killings, especially in the remote interiors of the provinces where people are deprived of proper education and most of what they know of Islam is a distorted fabrication. Education in this regard is very very important because until people start understanding the real essence of Islam, they will keep committing such atrocities in the name of their ‘faith’.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:39:39 +0000

I greatly enjoyed Ms. Robinson’s article. It was well written and illustrated some very important points. Honor killings are just another form of domestic violence, something we are all too familiar with here in the United States. It’s about power and control and unfortunately religion is often used as both a tool of the abuser and a scapegoat by the rest of society. We should all work harder to promote a clear positive message about our faiths and what the do and do NOT support or condone.