how many of you personally know of any honor killing ?

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@Mabrook

the girls with extreme families should use their own sense. wat’s the point of losing ur life over some guy? ya family ko manayo ya janay do. sometimes ppl r not extremist but some girls r really wild n make man in the family mad to the extent they lose senses.

i agree with the first part … that girls shouldbe a bit more intelligent with decision making … but what kind of men have we raised that they have such a violent outlook on life … what is that point where you get so angry that you could kill someone? really … could you?
my brother has this keera of getting angry and usko pata nahi chalta k uska haath lagta hai kaafi bhari to mazak mazak mein agr meri choti behn ko lag jayay to achi khaasi larai shuru ho jati hai … and then it’s all a matter of giving my little brother a huge jhapper (figurative) and it’s all cool .. we ned to train our men better!

@Deeba1234

One of the saddest things I’ve ever heard was that Aqsa wasn’t even given a marked grave but there is a small memorial in of all places** Israel**, how messed up is that??

aint that cute

@Deeba1234

The majority of Pakistanis in the UK are generally from poorer backgrounds, they aren’t as educated as other ethnic groups and are also more likely to be unemployed, this is the major difference between those in the UK and the US.

They also tend to be a lot more conservative and traditional than other Muslim communities such as Indian or Bengali Muslims. Bengalis also tend to be poorer and less educated but their culture is a little different, they aren’t tribal (except for tiny pockets of non-Muslims) and they don’t practise cousin marriage as widely (which of course there is nothing wrong with when consent is given by the kids involved but it can be the catalyst of family ‘problems’, girl saying ‘no’, dad or mum saying ‘ok, ur off to Pakistan’ or ‘if u don’t marry so and so ur going to get a beating etc’). It happens in other communities as well (there was a v.well known case over here involving a Kurdish girl) but Pakistanis are generally thought of as the most conservative Muslims.

My Mum’s friend is a social worker and some of the stuff she would tell us was shocking, the sheer number of Pakistani girls who were suddenly pulled out of school before their GCSEs and put on a plane to Pakistan to get married, girls not being allowed to go to college or uni or out to work etc. Of course there are other cultures who do this but Pakistanis have the worst reputation for it.. There are soooo many Pakistani mothers in the UK who have been living here for 20/30 yrs and still can’t even speak English cos their husbands or inlaws haven’t let them learn.. Makes me sick…

i agree that migration to UK vs USA is really divided. The more professional and skilled lot end up being in USA, and the semi skilled or the labour ends up being in europe. but regardless things are happening on both sides. and with all this tribal culture .. shuhhhh … i really dont get it … WHY DO PEOPLE MOVE ABROAD TO RAISE A FAMILY WHEN THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY IN CONFLICT WITH THE WAY OF LIFE THERE AND THEN RUIN THE IMAGE OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE???

@bbbb

Aqsa is from my town and it was BIG news in Canada. The whole thing was being pinned at hijab, which was clearly not the case. Her friend’s mother said that her dad was trying to reach out to her by buying her clothes and what not, while she lived with her friend. Something happened that night that no one really knows about.

It is quite unfortunate!

wow! something happened … and the man got guts enough to kill a human being!