tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758015030439611172.post5517335114533199016..comments2023-10-22T01:58:02.647-07:00Comments on Jihad Watch Watch: Honor killing brouhahaHesperadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758015030439611172.post-68048126358880344672008-01-03T21:19:00.000-08:002008-01-03T21:19:00.000-08:00Ellen R. Sheeley,Thanks for your comments. You wro...Ellen R. Sheeley,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"It is the case that Jordanian law consists of elements of constitutional law, Shari'a law, and tribal law."<BR/><BR/>The question for those of us who are alarmed at the trans-national prevalence of Sharia-supporting Muslims (in Western countries as well) is: Does Shari'a law countermand honor killings? It seems that not only does it not do so, it positively helps foster a sociopolitico-cultural environment of misogyny & pathological puritanism by which honor killings, whatever their ultimate source in the mists of time, are enabled.Hesperadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758015030439611172.post-85916624806800427712008-01-03T15:31:00.000-08:002008-01-03T15:31:00.000-08:00Erich, the Speaker of the Lower House in Jordan to...Erich, the Speaker of the Lower House in Jordan told me in 2006 that Article 340 has never been used as a dishonor killings defense, though it could be. Most often, it is Article 98 (having to do with acts committed in a "fit of fury") that is used. Article 97 also provides an escape hatch for the perpetrators. All three penal code articles are still on the books. The average sentence for dishonor killings in Jordan is six months.<BR/><BR/>It is the case that Jordanian law consists of elements of constitutional law, Shari'a law, and tribal law. Dishonor killings are believed to have their origins in misinterpretations of pre-Islamic Arab tribal codes. So the penal code articles relating to them probably have their origins in that, not Napoleonic code. <BR/><BR/>The autopsy results cited by Nanes might come from the results of a 1997 World Bank study that examined post mortems of victims. The World Bank found that 95% of the victims that year were still virgins at the time of their deaths.<BR/><BR/>All this is copiously footnoted in my book.<BR/><BR/>Ellen R. Sheeley, Author<BR/>"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646695343010829642noreply@blogger.com