Honor Killing in Iran

  • Thread starter Thread starter Parabol
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
P

Parabol

Guest
Honor killing is when a woman is killed to preserve the honor of a family.

Perhaps one of the most outrageous examples:
He (the father) explained: “Maryam had been acting suspiciously lately, and I suspected that she was having an affair with a man. The night before her death she had nausea and abdominal pain. This made me certain about my suspicion. Then I decided to kill her to save my family´s honor”
Click to expand...
He did not try talking to his daughter.
However, he is not going to be charged with murder, since according to the Iranian law, if a father or grandfather (on father´s side) kill his child or grandchild, he will not be charged and punished for murder.
Click to expand...
And another
In this report, the 14 years old girl is identified as Somayeh, and the person helping Sharif is identified as Ghafour. This report doesn’t mention that the 14 years old girl was shot, but quoting the father says: “When we were taking her (Somayeh) to the mountains, she was scared but still didn’t know what she was expecting. Upon arrival to the scheduled place, I threw Somayeh on the ground and started the stoning. She was screaming and begging for her life, but I had to save my honor and didn’t have any other choice than killing her…”.
Click to expand...
There are more on the site but these two are examples of cases here fathers have murdered their 14-year old daughters and are protected by Iranian law.
Now, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that this is happening, but I wanted to share these reminders in the hope that you will pray for the souls of these poor young girls and all others who are victims of the barbaric laws upheld in Iran and similar nations.
 
They certainly do have a warped sense of “honor”. “Luciferian Pride”, I think, would be more like it.
 
This is an evil that Islam supports either actively as in Iran, or silently by saying nothing.
 
I didn’t mention Islam because people need to distinguish between ‘Arab culture’ and Islam. There is an important difference but the point also needs to be made that not all Arabs conform to ‘Arab culture’.
I’ve been told many Iranians (and perhaps people in countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia) do not practice these laws and it is the upper classes who control these things, however in these Iranian-published articles it describes these things happening in remote villages. The mainstream culture of these countries needs to change and student protesting in Iran shows hope for the future.
 
Is honor considered very important in Islam? That would be ironic since Christians are supposed to shun honor.
 
Parabol said:
I didn’t mention Islam because people need to distinguish between ‘Arab culture’ and Islam. There is an important difference but the point also needs to be made that not all Arabs conform to ‘Arab culture’.
I’ve been told many Iranians (and perhaps people in countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia) do not practice these laws and it is the upper classes who control these things, however in these Iranian-published articles it describes these things happening in remote villages. The mainstream culture of these countries needs to change and student protesting in Iran shows hope for the future.
Click to expand...
Iranians are not Arabs though.
 
Darryl1958 said:
Iranians are not Arabs though.
Click to expand...
Some are Arabs. Also Kurds and Turkomen. Persians are a bare majority, if I’m not greatly mistaken, but they do control the place. It is my understanding that Persians, in general, are much more “laid back” about Islam than are the majority of Arabs. Their biggest holiday, Na Rusz, (which the Islamists don’t like but are afraid to try to stamp out just yet) is actually an old pre-Islamic celebration of spring, and is celebrated nowhere else in the Islamic world.

The Islamists in Iran are more Arab-like than most Persians in their ways, notwithstanding that the ruling Islamists are Persians themselves. They’re actually somewhat alien to their own society.
 
Also, I put ‘Arab culture’ in inverted commas for a reason, Iranians and Arabs share many cutural similarities. I should probably have put ‘Middle-Eastern Culture’ but that’s open to interpretation also
 
I wonder does it really help the family’s “honor”? Would other people still respect the family after the father kills one of his own daughters? It’s hard to imagine. Would you want your kids be friends with that guys surviving kids and go play at their house? Its bizarre.
 
Ridgerunner said:
Some are Arabs. Also Kurds and Turkomen. Persians are a bare majority, if I’m not greatly mistaken, but they do control the place. It is my understanding that Persians, in general, are much more “laid back” about Islam than are the majority of Arabs. Their biggest holiday, Na Rusz, (which the Islamists don’t like but are afraid to try to stamp out just yet) is actually an old pre-Islamic celebration of spring, and is celebrated nowhere else in the Islamic world.

The Islamists in Iran are more Arab-like than most Persians in their ways, notwithstanding that the ruling Islamists are Persians themselves. They’re actually somewhat alien to their own society.
Click to expand...
The point that I would take here that I think is the most imprtant is that Islamists in Persia are where these quaint little habits are being derived from. Pakistan too is witnessing a rise in these sort of killings. Arabic culture has a large influence on Islamic countries, and this is through the Islamist religion.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top