Father Jailed for "Honor Killing"

Several Muslim societies are afflicted by the belief that when a young woman does certain things deemed inappropriate, like form a relationship with someone of the "wrong" religion, that woman should be killed by her male relatives in order to restore "family honor." Unfortunately, some of the Muslims who have been twisted into believing such things are good and proper are trying to transport such practices to the West as well.

As the BBC reports, a father who killed his daughter in an "honor killing" has been sentenced to life in prison:

Scotland Yard described it as a "brutal honour killing" - a reference to the practice of women being killed by male relatives to redeem the family name. Detective Inspector Brent Hyatt said: "There was nothing, nothing at all 'honourable' about her murder. "After hacking his daughter to death, Mr Yones has attempted every defence, from psychiatric, and diminished responsibility to extreme provocation, in order to save his own skin." ... Mr Baker said people who had tried to shield Abdalla Yones from police could now be investigated on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. "We are completely satisfied that some members of the community, or his friends, tried to assist him in that cover-up," he said.

This isn't some quaint cultural practice that is simply unfamiliar to Westerners - it is a sick, twisted belief about honor and female subservience that really can't be classified as anything other than barbaric. It's not "honorable," it just a brutal murder that is done when men don't approve of what female relatives are doing - better to end their lives than allow them to live their lives in the manner that they wish. I say: better to end the practice and the beliefs that go along with it than allow the murders to continue.

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