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*"We know of some women who are pushed to become [[suicide bomber]]s," says Yariv Ovadia, consul for communications and public affairs with the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, California. "If you dishonor your family, you will be killed anyway, so you can save something of your honor by becoming a suicide bomber. (ibid)
*"We know of some women who are pushed to become [[suicide bomber]]s," says Yariv Ovadia, consul for communications and public affairs with the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, California. "If you dishonor your family, you will be killed anyway, so you can save something of your honor by becoming a suicide bomber. (ibid)
*It is important to remember, however, that honor killings find no sanction whatsoever in the [[Koran]] ... in Islamic prophetic tradition and law in general, there is a very strong presumption of women’s chastity along with numerous safeguards to prevent any imputation of unchastity. Within such a context, honor killings are utterly criminal. <ref>http://www.brandeis.edu/projects/fse/Pages/honorkillings.html</ref>
*Honor killings are sanctioned in the [[Koran]] ... in Islamic prophetic tradition and law in general, there is a very strong presumption of women’s chastity along with numerous safeguards to prevent any imputation of unchastity. However if that chastity is broken --the Koran and Hadiths have a strong resolution -death by stoning.
== Islamic Basis of Honor Killing ==
Koran- 4:15 "If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witness from amongst you against them; if they testify, confine them to houses <b>until death do claim them</b>. Or God ordain for them some (other) way." <ref> Koran 4:15 [http://www.searchquran.org/?k=4:11&t=1&h=off&noar=]</ref>
Sahi Muslim No. 4206:
"There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a woman from Ghamid and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery, so purify me. ... And she was put in a ditch up to her chest and he commanded people <b>and they stoned her</b>. Khalid b Walid came forward with a stone which he flung at her head and there spurted blood on the face of Khalid and so he abused her." <ref>Hadith of the holy prophet(may peace be upon him) [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/017.smt.html#017.4206]</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
[[Category:Barbaric practices]]
[[Category:Barbaric practices]]
[[Category:Islamic Religion]]