Re: Concept of honor and respect
Sadiyah Baaji,
Usually I hold you in high esteem, but this one point of yours has dented your credibility.
You start with
1-I don’t recally saying honour killing has nothing to do with any religion.
2-If I did, I take my words back.
3-I can only speak about Islam and yes, it has absolutely nothing to do with Islam.
4-Many could perhaps be under the impression that it is something religious.
So initially you do not recall honour killings are religious, than you retract your statement, again using the crutch of not recalling, You than go a step further and claim to speak about Islam only, and stress Honour Killings have nothing to do with Islam, Then you do a 360 and say many could be under the impression that it is something religious, (Note not Islamic but Religious).
Makes me feel like I am sitting in a Merry Go Round!!!
Coming back to the point, as per your logic, Honour killings are Religious only not Islamic, Sadiyah Baaji If you claim you can talk about Islam only, how did you reach the conclusion that it is a Religious ritual “Only Not Islamic”
More Importantly, If Honour Killings are not Islamic, and a Muslim commits that crime, would you label him a “Non Muslim”, because everytime such an incident happens, Muslims stress and scream to the world that Islam does not permit or allow or condone such hedious activities, So again I repeat would it be justified to call the Culprit a “NON MUSLIM”.
this is a catch 20 situation, if you say that only Allah can judge if someone is Muslim or not, than you have again contradicted your statement where you said it is not Islamic, see where I am coming from???
In my Opinion, when you say if a honour killing happens else where it “MIGHT” be religious, but if it is commited in a Islamic state/country, than its definitely “NOT ISLAMIC” You are just being a BLIND FOLLOWER, and a Biased Blind Follower at that.
An Honour Killing is an Honour Killing is an Honour Killing and is also an Honour Killing.
Aejaz