An article about honor killing.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/
The article outlines the inhumane treatment meted out to Pakistani women by the men in their lives. The society they live in has so far refuse to protect women aganist this horrific crime and consider it women's fault if they are maimed or murdered by their husbands or other male relatives. In support of this statement read an excerpt from the article:
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Zahida Perveen's husband, a 40-year-old barber named Mahmoud Iqbal, does not deny that he carved up her face with his razor on the night of Dec. 28, 1998. His defense is based on the Islamic legal concept of ghairat, or uncontrollable actions in the face of extreme provocation – in this case, suspicion that his wife was being unfaithful. He took no action against the brother-in-law with whom she was thought to be involved.
"I did these things, but I was going out of my senses," said the stocky bearded man, shackled to a policeman with thick iron chains, as he stood on a balcony outside the Gujar Khan courtroom, about 20 miles from Rawalpindi, awaiting an evidence hearing in the case. "She was provoking me and ruining my life. What I did was wrong, but I am satisfied. I did it for my honor and prestige."
As Iqbal was taken to a police wagon after the hearing, several male relatives and acquaintances approached and shook his manacled hand. Later, when journalists showed his wife's photographs to a group of middle-class men in Islamabad, several of them commented that she "must have deserved it" and that her husband "did what a man has to do."
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It seems that men who commit this kind of crimes are very insecure and desperate are trying to be somebody by controlling and killing women (weak section of the society).
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http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/
The article outlines the inhumane treatment meted out to Pakistani women by the men in their lives. The society they live in has so far refuse to protect women aganist this horrific crime and consider it women's fault if they are maimed or murdered by their husbands or other male relatives. In support of this statement read an excerpt from the article:
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Zahida Perveen's husband, a 40-year-old barber named Mahmoud Iqbal, does not deny that he carved up her face with his razor on the night of Dec. 28, 1998. His defense is based on the Islamic legal concept of ghairat, or uncontrollable actions in the face of extreme provocation – in this case, suspicion that his wife was being unfaithful. He took no action against the brother-in-law with whom she was thought to be involved.
"I did these things, but I was going out of my senses," said the stocky bearded man, shackled to a policeman with thick iron chains, as he stood on a balcony outside the Gujar Khan courtroom, about 20 miles from Rawalpindi, awaiting an evidence hearing in the case. "She was provoking me and ruining my life. What I did was wrong, but I am satisfied. I did it for my honor and prestige."
As Iqbal was taken to a police wagon after the hearing, several male relatives and acquaintances approached and shook his manacled hand. Later, when journalists showed his wife's photographs to a group of middle-class men in Islamabad, several of them commented that she "must have deserved it" and that her husband "did what a man has to do."
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It seems that men who commit this kind of crimes are very insecure and desperate are trying to be somebody by controlling and killing women (weak section of the society).
[This message has been edited by Rani (edited May 09, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Rani (edited May 09, 2000).]
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