Comments on: Tabloids and Islamophobia

By: m.idrees

m.idrees — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:48:23 +0000

Joe wasn’t restoring honour under the name of his religion to the great relief of the rest of his family.

And I presume the religious sanction and the ‘great relief of the rest of the family’ was personally validated by you in your extensive face to face interviews — Or is your connection to the world outside the same as that for everyone else who repeats these racist canards: Granpa’s Daily Mail?

By: m.idrees

m.idrees — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:05:06 +0000

Man finds out milkman’s been humping his wife. Kills her. Jealousy or an attempt to restore honour — does it make much of a difference to the deceased?

Unless you are a believer in O.J. Simpson’s innocence, I wonder how you’d classify the prosecution’s allegations.

All dishonor killings are a form a domestic violence, but the converse simply isn’t true.

You are right. Child beating is not ‘dishonor killing’ for instance.

By: ERS

ERS — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:29:10 +0000

Domestic violence and dishonor killings aren’t the same thing. All dishonor killings are a form a domestic violence, but the converse simply isn’t true.

It’s not Islamophobic to call something what it is.

Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
“Reclaiming Honor in Jordan”

By: pakistani

pakistani — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:18:58 +0000

Al
so only a slight difference of the definition justifies a crime for the Westerners……hilarious

By: Al

Al — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:50:39 +0000

Joe was a cowboy. Joe killed his cheating wife for revenge. Joe was an outlaw. Joe wasn’t restoring honour under the name of his religion to the great relief of the rest of his family.