Comments on: Pakistani Legislator Supports “Centuries-Old Tradition” of Honor Killings

By: Tax Lawyer Favors Forced Sterilization?

Tax Lawyer Favors Forced Sterilization? — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:29:05 +0000

[...] who asserted their right to marry men of their own choosing in Baluchistan, Pakistan — an act defended by legislators as an honored [...]

By: Funk

Funk — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:20:54 +0000

I do understand why you want to keep your traditions, and i respect them, but I still think it is wrong and unjust.

By: Funk

Funk — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:15:27 +0000

oh. my. god, your a man pig!!!!!! That’s disgusting and perverted. You are so insanely wrong.

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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:07:15 +0000

[...] who asserted their right to marry men of their own choosing in Baluchistan, Pakistan — an act defended by legislators as an honored tradition. It also follows a case of a father burying alive his [...]

By: Jordanian Activists Highlight False Honor Killing Claims « JONATHAN TURLEY

Jordanian Activists Highlight False Honor Killing Claims « JONATHAN TURLEY — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:47:16 +0000

[...] but an sudden increase in world attention to the abuse of women in these countries, here and here and [...]

By: Palestinian Father Buries Divorced Daughter Alive in Honor Killing « JONATHAN TURLEY

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:09:17 +0000

[...] The murder follows the burying alive of four women in Pakistan — an act supported by a legislator in that country, click here. [...]

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:09:07 +0000

Well said Michael. Understanding and honoring one culture’s beliefs is one thing, murder is another. The statements to support this kind of murder are akin to Yoo and company claiming that torture is only torture if you have serious organ failure.

By: Mike Spindell

Mike Spindell — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:35:50 +0000

I strongly believe in honoring the traditions of all cultures and that the Western World’s belief in its own cultural superiority is merely jingoistic nonsense. However, there are certain norms that all humans must begin to recognize, or we are doomed to remain as little more than pompous apes. One is the separation of church and state to ensure that zealots and fanatics are not allowed to take over. A second, in my opinion, is the recognition of equality between men and women. A third that pertains to this case is that the first two are universal imperatives that must trump local superstition and ignorance. For instance, if all the European Jews followed the “Tradition” sung of in “Fiddler on the Roof,” their descendants would have all died in the Holocaust. By the same token, if Muslims continue to to pay obeisance to Sharia Law, they will remained firmly entrenched in the 18th Century. Christian Fundamentalists also must begin to understand that their Bible is a text rife with allegory, edited to meet the designs of various historic political/religious leaders, and misinterpreted frequently by those claiming knowledge as authorities.