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| | + | * Most schools of Islamic jursprudence legitimate the killing by the family of a married person caught in the act adultery. Under Syrian 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] |
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| | *"Mahmud Ahmad Ghazi, director of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, was interviewed in a BBC film on the honor killing of women, in which [[Pakistan]] has established a sad record. Ghazi coldly defended those feudal practices as [[Islam]]ic, an opinion Islamic scholars all over the world mostly dispute." (Pakistan Versus the Last Superpower: A Former U.S. Ally Moves Toward Jihadism and Isolation - World&I magazine, March 2001, Page 296) | | *"Mahmud Ahmad Ghazi, director of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, was interviewed in a BBC film on the honor killing of women, in which [[Pakistan]] has established a sad record. Ghazi coldly defended those feudal practices as [[Islam]]ic, an opinion Islamic scholars all over the world mostly dispute." (Pakistan Versus the Last Superpower: A Former U.S. Ally Moves Toward Jihadism and Isolation - World&I magazine, March 2001, Page 296) |
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| | * Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina. "'Honour' Crimes in Contemporary Greece," ''British Journal of Sociology'', Vol. 20, No. 2 (June 1969), pp. 205-218 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/588531 in JSTOR] | | * Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina. "'Honour' Crimes in Contemporary Greece," ''British Journal of Sociology'', Vol. 20, No. 2 (June 1969), pp. 205-218 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/588531 in JSTOR] |
| | * Van Eck, Clementine. ''Purified by Blood: Honor Killings amongst Turks in the Netherlands'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/read/109341020?title=Purified%20by%20Blood%3a%20%20Honour%20Killings%20Amongst%20Turks%20in%20the%20Netherlands online edition] | | * Van Eck, Clementine. ''Purified by Blood: Honor Killings amongst Turks in the Netherlands'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/read/109341020?title=Purified%20by%20Blood%3a%20%20Honour%20Killings%20Amongst%20Turks%20in%20the%20Netherlands online edition] |
| | + | * "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] |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |