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In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>

In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>

== Islamic Basis of Honor Killing ==

== 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>

 

In the [[Koran]], it says, "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 until death do claim them. 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:  

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 [[Stoning|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>

"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 and they [[Stoning|stoned]] her. 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>

==Honor killing in Europe==

==Honor killing in Europe==