tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post2070840866523623751..comments2023-10-29T05:13:15.825-05:00Comments on Another War-on-Terror Blog: Sandeela Kanwal, Chaudhry Rashid: Honor Killing? Maybe, Maybe NotBrian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-12613332815594632402008-12-01T14:56:00.000-06:002008-12-01T14:56:00.000-06:00Jack-NYC, Thanks for making those points. I respon...Jack-NYC, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for making those points. <BR/><BR/>I responded in greater detail to a very similar comment of yours in <A HREF="http://anotherwaronterrorblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/law-islamic-and-american-or-case-of.html#comments" REL="nofollow">another post</A>. <BR/><BR/>I appreciate facts (or assertions) with citations about their origin.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-35279505886534565752008-12-01T10:39:00.000-06:002008-12-01T10:39:00.000-06:00Honor killing is probably an aspect of culture tha...Honor killing is probably an aspect of culture that predates Islam, but that does not exonerate Islam from being a strong force that perpetuates it.<BR/><BR/>Under sharia law the act of a parent killing his offspring is (at the very least) decriminalized, as shown in the authoritative Shafi'i manual of sharia law "Reliance of the Traveller" pages 583-4 ("o1.2 The following are not subject to retaliation: ...(4) a father or mother... for killing their offspring..." and page 587 ("o3.12 ...When an injurious crime is caused by a non-family member in cooperation with the victim's father, retaliation is only taken against the non-family member...").<BR/><BR/>"Reliance of the Traveller" is highly recommended as a reference work on mainstream sharia. It is authoritative and extremely well indexed, and very quickly puts the lie to much of the disinformation about Islam that is spread by apologists (for instance, the book has 1 sentence on the "greater jihad" (spiritual struggle), and 7 plus pages on the "lesser jihad" ("war against non-Muslims...to establish the religion." (p 599)).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-78982125946607324972008-07-24T13:11:00.000-05:002008-07-24T13:11:00.000-05:00Anonymous, Some might find your suggestion emotion...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>Some might find your suggestion emotionally appealing, but I doubt that it would resolve many issues. <BR/><BR/>As for beheading being a particularly Muslim tradition, I suggest checking out "<A HREF="http://anotherwaronterrorblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/islam-christianity-culture-and-kooks.html" REL="nofollow">Islam, Christianity, Culture, and Kooks</A> (November 26, 2007), or another of the posts listed in "<A HREF="http://anotherwaronterrorblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/posts-about-islam-christianity-religion.html" REL="nofollow">Islam, Christianity, Religion, Culture<BR/>and the War on Terror</A>." <BR/><BR/>Of course, I am appalled at practices like honor killing, and think that the assumptions of America's dominant culture about assimilation need a thorough and serious review.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-1941715026538688752008-07-24T08:43:00.000-05:002008-07-24T08:43:00.000-05:00If Muslim immigrants want to "import" their custom...If Muslim immigrants want to "import" their customs to America such as "honor killing", then maybe, the US should practice another Muslim tradition - public beheading of murderers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com