Chief justice: 'Honor killing' unacceptable in Islam

[azurnoir]

Killing women under the pretext of so-called family honor is a breach of Islamic law, says the head of the Palestinian Higher Judicial Council chief justice Yousif Ideis.

In an article published on the website of the council, Ideis added that the phenomenon has been increasing in Palestine and several “innocent women were targeted without any evidence as advocated in the holy Quran.”

He added: “This tradition was spread during the pre-Islamic paganism era, and Islam fought it.”

Sheikh Ideis highlighted that Islamic law forbids killing and pledged to impose heavy penalty on murderers. He quoted a verse from the Holy Quran meaning that “Anybody who deliberately kills a believer will be sent to hell immortally, and will be cursed by God with great torture awaiting them.”

Ideis added that honor killing reflects discrimination between men and women pointing out that when a man “errs, nobody asks him even a question, while when it is a woman, she is killed immediately for a rumor.” Meanwhile, he said, Islamic law advocates equality between men and women.

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the same could be said for FMG it dates back to biblical times and is practiced today even by some Christians from Ethiopia and Eritrea, albeit we've it presented as an Islamic practice

[Deep13]

1. agree on both points. nt

[cali]

2. That's hopeful- particularly the words about how men skate and women

are killed.

One point: Islam adopted those cultural practices and they are indeed, now part of Islam in more than few places.

[azurnoir]

3. yes Honor killing is part of Islam in the same manner as burning at the stake is

part of Christianity no precedent in the Bible or Qur'an

[aranthus]

5. Religions evolve and mature.

That includes Islam.

[azurnoir]

9. well that is what the OP is about ,

unless you choose to read it otherwise

[cali]

7. You're lost in your tenses .

Burning at the stake has not been part of Christianity for several hundred years/ I'm sure you meant to say was not is, right?

Honor killings and quite extreme oppression of women are, in certain Islamic nations, prevalent. Why that bit of reality is so difficult for you to deal with, I don't know.

[azurnoir]

8. Thank you cali

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couldn't have asked for more

so if I'd said was part of instead of is part of would it have been oh so very different for you, but thanks again there

hey BTW reality if I was not aware that honor killing does happen in as you say "certain Islamic nations I would not have run the thread

[aranthus]

4. This is good and important.

Hopefully, more moderate voices in Islam will find power.

[azurnoir]

10. Do you think that will happen? n/t

[sabbat hunter]

6. great news to hear

The head of the Palestinian Judicial Council say that. Now the PA needs to follow that ruling and remove the exemption in the penal code.
Currently the PA penal code allows the murder of women by their families in honor killings.

In Jordan, King Abdullah has tried to remove the exemption from Jordan's books, and has passed the upper house of its parliament multiple times, but each time has failed in the lower house.

When the parliament in Jordan was suspended in 2001, King Abdullah ruled by decree that the law was gone, but that it would have to be confirmed by parliament when it went back in to session. so far it has failed

With the PA Abbas in 2007 promised to remove the exemption, but so far has failed to take any action.