So-called "honor killings" of Muslim women have increased sharply in Germany recently. In the past four months alone, six women have been murdered by their own families. Why? Because these women wanted to live more Western lives. Evidently, they deserved to die for that — but if living a Western life is so awful, why live in the West in the first place?
Der Spiegel reports:
Within their communities, the killers are revered as heroes for preserving their family dignity. How can such a horrific and shockingly archaic practice be flourishing in the heart of Europe? The deaths have sparked momentary outrage, but will they change the grim reality for Muslim women?
The problem is that much of this insular and ultra-religious world is out of public view, often hidden in inner-city apartments where the most influential links to the outside world are satellite dishes that receive Turkish and Arabic television and the local mosque. Tens of thousands of Turkish women live behind these walls of silence, in homes run by husbands many met on their wedding day and ruled by the ever-present verses of the Koran. In these families, loyalty and honor are elevated virtues and women are treated little better than slaves, unseen by society and often unnoticed or ignored by their German neighbors. To get what they want, these women have to run. They have to change their names, their passports, even their hair color and break with the families they often love, but simply can no longer obey.
Mothers and fathers actually encourage youngest sons to murder their female relatives because they know that young boys will get lighter sentences in German courts. All across Germany, Turkish girls are taunted by Turkish boys for being "German sluts," but educators have done little to nothing about it. The situation for Turkish girls in Germany sounds absolutely appalling. The German has to do something about it. They can't violate Muslims religious liberties, but they also have an obligation to protect Turkish girls and women — even from their own families and religion, if necessary.
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