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Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice

Sharif Kanaana, professor of anthropology at Birzeit University states that honor killing is:

A complicated issue that cuts deep into the history of Arab society. .. What the men of the family, clan, or tribe seek control of in a patrilineal society is reproductive power. Women for the tribe were considered a factory for making men. The honor killing is not a means to control sexual power or behavior. What's behind it is the issue of fertility, or reproductive power.[citation needed]

An Amnesty International statement adds:

The regime of honour is unforgiving: women on whom suspicion has fallen are not given an opportunity to defend themselves, and family members have no socially acceptable alternative but to remove the stain on their honour by attacking the woman.[1]




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References and notes

  1. ^ Amnesty International: Broken bodies, shattered minds - Torture and ill-treatment of women, Report, March 6, 2001
  2. ^ Malcolm Knox: Historian challenges Palestinian bestseller, Sydney Morning Herald, April 13, 2005

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