This is a sort of a follow-up to the “Some People Just Don’t Get It” post. Recently, a man in Georgia was charged with strangling his daughter who was filing for divorce from her husband. In the article “MURDER IN THE FAMILY: HONOR KILLINGS IN AMERICA”, 52 Chaudhry Rashid said, “he could not accept the "disgrace" a divorce or affair would bring on his family.” In addition, the article mentions that the United Nations estimates about 5,000 women a year fall victim to “Honor Killings.”
Although it may not be the “Politically Correct” point of view, I have always felt that religion, in particular Islam, is at the core of most senseless murders. Just look at the number of innocent people killed by radical Muslims in the name of Islam and now add in the Honor Killings.
I decided to explore Honor Killings and see what I could find. Below is just a short list of a few articles I found when I did a “Google” search for Honor Killings. As I expected, thousands of links were displayed, from blog entries to major new agencies. The two biggest things I found disturbing in all of this is:
1. “Most "honour" killings of women occur in Muslim countries” (ref: Case Study)
2. Where is the international outrage against Islam and other Religions / Governments who turn a blind eye to this?
Honor killings: When the ancient and the modern collide
Thousands of Women Killed for Family "Honor"
Barbaric 'honour killings' become the weapon to subjugate women in Iraq
STOP! honour killings (Also includes information on how you can help)
Wire,
Yes, man has killed ever since man was born, but there is a difference here. The darkness of the heart comes from developing attitudes and believes as a person develops. Now unless you say all these murders were at the hand of an insane person, not capable of rational thought, you have to agree there must be some other cause.
Perhaps it is because women are not viewed as equal in the religion of Islam. Perhaps it is because kids are taught at a very young age the Jews are pigs and anyone who is not a Muslim is considered an infidel. Perhaps it is because young people, handicapped, poor and uneducated people are brainwashed into thinking blowing themselves up will make Allah happy. Perhaps people, like you, cannot see the darkness in the "Religion of Peace" and want to bury their head in the sand for fear of being labeled a racist, or maybe you're just scared you'll be beheaded... Either way, it's sad to see people not take this serious.
Your list are interesting at the same time very shocking. This kind of act is disturbing.
I always wonder why some people act this way. Why do they just respect each other beliefs? I don't find anything wrong with it. I hope everything will be fine.
Great blog! I think you are totally right here ...
Bob~ It's great to see you out here, and thanks for stopping by my page. I wanted to tell you I have a beginner blog which I'm trying to build on @ http://iyaayasmoderators.blogspot.com/ . I must say, it's hard to find people who were or are AMMO. I've been out of the loop so long, got out in '99, that I have lost track of most people I knew. You'll have to e-mail me or visit my blog and tell me where you've been, years of service, we may have stumbled onto one another at a earlier time.
Yeah! Murder in the name of religion is reprehensible. Click my name for the story of one of the most cowardly acts of religious persecution ever.
Frank, I must say you really are an Effing Retard. You are trying to compare the actions of one whacked out religious freak to the thousands of women murdered in "Honor Killings".
How about pulling your head out of your ass and stop with the political correct BS. Religious killings have happened for as long as there has been religions; however, in recent years, I think Islam has a considerable lead on all others. Just check out the link on the front page.
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