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'''Honor killing''' is the barbaric practice of murdering a woman in order to restore a family's "honor" after the woman had "dishonored" it through real or imagined sexual misconduct. Especially distasteful to Western [[Christians]], [[Jews]] and also [[Atheists]] and [[Agnostics]], is the idea that even a victim of [[rape]] is considered to have brought dishonor and will be punished in this way.  

'''Honor killing''' is the barbaric practice of killing a woman, often times by stoning her. The purpose of this practice is to restore a family's "honor" after the woman "dishonored" alleged sexual misconduct. Western [[Christians]], [[Jews]], and [[atheists]] and [[agnostics]] often find the idea that [[rape]] victims are considered to have brought dishonor, though sexual misconduct.

* [[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>