The article is very careful to not use the word Muslim. It is a delicate situation but it shows some courage to confront a Muslim ‘tradition’ of killing family infidels.
This week, for the very first time, a court in Europe sentenced nine members of the same family for the honour killing of a female relative. Honour killings, where a woman is murdered for the shame that she is said to have brought on her family, are a growing phenomenon in Western Europe. In December 2005 Nazir Afzal, a spokesman of Britain???s Crown Prosecution Service stated that the United Kingdom has had ???at least a dozen honour killings??? between 2004 and 2005. British police are investigating more than 100 cases of women who died under mysterious circumstances. Germany was shocked last year by the murder of Hatin Surucu, a young Turkish woman who was killed by three brothers because she was ???a whore who lived like a German.???
The phrase ‘lived like a German’ reveals the real view of western culture which clashes fundamentally with Islamic law. The case is historic in its ruling.
The Danish verdict is historic, not only because the entire clan was punished but also because the head of the family, who ordered the killing, was given a heavier sentence than the actual murderer. Families often choose a family member who is still a minor to carry out an honour assassination because, being a minor, he is likely to get a more lenient sentence under Western law.
Still watching for reaction to this from the Muslim Community. So far I have found little either positive or negative.
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