Honour - Personal integrity. Allegiance to moral principles. Great respect, regard, esteem.
What on earth has this got to do with the brutal murder of women by relatives? The specious reasoning being that the woman has brought dishonour to the family, usually because of some form of sexual behaviour.
Farzana Parveen who was three months pregnant, was pelted with bricks & bludgeoned to death by relatives for marrying a man
of her own choice against their
wishes. Ms Parveen's husband Muhammad Iqbal admitted killing his first wife six years ago in order to marry Ms Parveen. Police officers apparently stood by as the attack took place outside Lahore courthouse. None of the public intervened.
I don't see how ignorance or lack of education can justify this. Every religion teaches about the sanctity of human life. These cases say more about the ineffectualness & corruption of the justice system than anything else.
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