By Reut R. Cohen
There is no honor in so-called "honor" crimes. Yet women, and sometimes gays, are the victims of such crimes in much of the Islamic world. This murder is committed to restore the social and political standing of a family or community when it is believed that the victim has violated traditional behavioral expectations. An honor killing can also be based on hearsay or gossip that is perceived as damaging to a woman’s relatives.
This month a 30 year old Jordanian woman and mother of six was brutally murdered by her brothers in an honor crime. The victim’s brothers, aged 19 and 22, stabbed the woman in her father’s home over the weekend. The woman was stabbed over twenty times in the chest and stomach.
After murdering their sister, the two men went to the nearest police station and turned themselves in. They claim to have killed their sister to cleanse their family's honor due to her apparent desire to be independent.
The woman was the 10th victim of a so-called honor killing in Jordan this year-- and the second this month. Perpetrators of these crimes in Jordan often receive very light or no sentence for their crime.
There is no honor in so-called "honor" crimes. Yet women, and sometimes gays, are the victims of such crimes in much of the Islamic world. This murder is committed to restore the social and political standing of a family or community when it is believed that the victim has violated traditional behavioral expectations. An honor killing can also be based on hearsay or gossip that is perceived as damaging to a woman’s relatives.
This month a 30 year old Jordanian woman and mother of six was brutally murdered by her brothers in an honor crime. The victim’s brothers, aged 19 and 22, stabbed the woman in her father’s home over the weekend. The woman was stabbed over twenty times in the chest and stomach.
After murdering their sister, the two men went to the nearest police station and turned themselves in. They claim to have killed their sister to cleanse their family's honor due to her apparent desire to be independent.
The woman was the 10th victim of a so-called honor killing in Jordan this year-- and the second this month. Perpetrators of these crimes in Jordan often receive very light or no sentence for their crime.
Source: Reut R. Cohen
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