Just because honour killings are mostly committed in Muslim regions this does not make it Islamic.
- Islam as a religion values human life. Human life is sacred in the eyes of God. For example, in Surah 17 verse 33 “Nor takes life which God has made sacred." Reading this from the Quran it clearly shows a murder is a murder and no one has the right to kill another individual.
- Both Judaism and Islam are committed to the protection of human life. It makes no difference whether the victim is a Jew, a Muslim or anyone else
- An honour killing has no place in Islam.
This practice has absolutely no sanction in the Quran, the prophetic practice or in the evolved systems of Islamic law. Let’s consider this verse from the Quran in Surah 5 verse 32: whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption (done) in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.
- A person does not have the right to kill another without any justifiable reasons and nor does he have the right to take the law into his own hands.
- One article which I came across in terms of honour killings was that a father killed his daughter for not wearing a hijab. Is this justifiable in Islam? Doesn`t one have the right to live according to ones choices and desires. Does a Muslim have to be forced in order to practice their religion? These questions began to fill my mind, but then i came across a verse which clearly states "let there be no compulsion in religion." (Surah 2 verse 256). Doesn`t this say something to Muslims, why are they being ignorant of the verses of the Holy Quran? They should stop and think what the Quran says about human life and reflect upon the words of God. Stop being hypocrites!
I personally believe Islam as a religion is not to blame for this so called devout and religious practice. But rather I believe some Muslims are ignorant of the verses of the Holy Quran and the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad.
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