"The numbers are revealing. Lebanon between 1995 and 1998, there were 36 judgments on crimes of honor. All the victims were women. All murderers of men, as many Christians as Muslims, who have benefited from mitigating circumstances. They all ended up serving a few months in jail and were released. "
Source:
"Based on a true story: the murder of a young Christian Jordan by his brother 16 years because of her marriage to a Muslim, Geraldine Chatelard tries to explain what it is called an "honor killing." The first explanation that comes to mind is the fact that a Muslim can marry a Christian, while a Christian can marry a Muslim (unless he converts to Islam), the community Christian may decrease by the marriage of his daughters with Muslims (as the religion of the unborn will be the father). But for GC inequality of status between Christians and Muslims is not enough to explain the crimes of honor (between 25 and 50) that are committed each year in Jordan.
She finds, in fact, that Jordanian Muslims and Christians share the same tribal culture based on honor of men and Christians, despite some Westernization does not challenge the patriarchal family, governed by the tribal customary law which transcends both Islamic law and ecclesiastical law. In conclusion, GC believes that the opportunity for Jordanian Christians to invoke the honor of men in the civil courts, making them appear as equal to Muslims. " Source:
http:// www.ifao.egnet.net/bcai/21/22/
"Honour killings are prevalent in countries of Muslim culture.
This is not in Islam it is necessary to find justification for their practice and their impunity. In Jordan, they are found equally among Muslims and Christians. Starting with the marriage, the rules of feminine behavior enacted by men are indicative of social tensions, in particular those concerning relations between religious groups and lineage, which are rooted in a patriarchal social order. " Source:
http://ifporient.academia.edu/G% C3% A9raldineChatelard/Papers/98601/Honneur-chr% C3% A9tien-and-f% C3% A9% C3% A9minit - or-the-wedding-% C3% A0-la-Jordanian
"Priests do not admit readily with external interlocutors that" crimes of honor "to be featured in an existing practice their community.
The Latin priests say they are the work of the orthodox, and vice versa. is the image of the community is at stake, and its "modernity". " Source:
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/35 / 68/72/PDF/These_G._Chatelard.pdf
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