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[[Anthropologist]] [[James Emery]] found that, "[[Palestinian]] culture continues to equate the value of a woman's life to her inviolable [[purity]]. Whatever her progress, ancient traditions still engulf her. Should she become the unfortunate victim of rumor or [[rape]], she'll be sacrificed, just as her ancestors who swept across the [[Arabian Desert]] [[sacrifice]]d sheep and other animals in the name of [[honor]] and [[Islam]]."<ref>''World&I'' May 2003, p. 190</ref>

[[Anthropologist]] [[James Emery]] found that, "[[Palestinian]] culture continues to equate the value of a woman's life to her inviolable [[purity]]. Whatever her progress, ancient traditions still engulf her. Should she become the unfortunate victim of rumor or [[rape]], she'll be sacrificed, just as her ancestors who swept across the [[Arabian Desert]] [[sacrifice]]d sheep and other animals in the name of [[honor]] and [[Islam]]."<ref>''World&I'' May 2003, p. 190</ref>

The practice is especially prevalent in highly traditional societies, ranging from Islamic communities of the [[Middle East]] to Catholic [[Brazil]] and Eastern Orthodox [[Greece]].  When these people migrate to Western Europe or the United States or Canada, they sometimes bring these traditions along or tolerate their fellow immigrants who commit an honor killing.  

The practice is especially prevalent in highly traditional societies, ranging from Islamic communities of the [[Middle East]] to Catholic [[Brazil]] and Eastern Orthodox [[Greece]].  Many of these countries have statutory laws against honour killing, but traditional or customary law permists the practice.<ref name="Law">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=Many of these countries have statutory laws against honor killing, but traditional or customary law permits the practice.|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref> The practice has also been imported into the Western World due to globalization.<ref name="Globalization">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t-01IYC8ROgC&pg=PT4213&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sclrT_y4O8n9ggfz8oyhBg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBjgK|title =Encyclopædia of Immigrant Health|author=Sana Loue, Dr Martha Sajatovic|publisher=[[Springer]]|quote=Honor killings may thus be expected to appear in societies and migrant communities where the idea of “honor” and the concomitant anxiety of social shame constitutes one of the focal cultural values is being primarily attributed to the proper behavior of the consanguinal female family members.|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>

Most schools of Islamic [[jurisprudence]] legitimate the killing by the family of a married person caught in the act of [[adultery]]. Under [[Syria]]n law, an honor killing is not murder.<ref>"Honor, Crimes of." in ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, law, and politics'' ed. by Suad Joseph, (2005)[http://books.google.com/books?id=4Uyypm6T7ZsC&pg=RA1-PA221&dq=%22Under+Syrian+law,+an+honor+killing+is+not+murder,+and+the+man+who+commits+it+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false online edition]

Most schools of Islamic [[jurisprudence]] legitimate the killing by the family of a married person caught in the act of [[adultery]]. Under [[Syria]]n law, an honor killing is not murder.<ref>"Honor, Crimes of." in ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, law, and politics'' ed. by Suad Joseph, (2005)[http://books.google.com/books?id=4Uyypm6T7ZsC&pg=RA1-PA221&dq=%22Under+Syrian+law,+an+honor+killing+is+not+murder,+and+the+man+who+commits+it+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false online edition]