The Lost Honour–Kiling for False Honour
The lost honour–kiling for false honour
In a world where people chat with 3G technology and life goes on at a v room pace, our society has regressed to the Dark Ages where the honor of society is killed without a thought. Lives are taken for age old beliefs which should have been extinct by now as they are not consistent with our present day.
Honour killings used to be a phrase linked with the Middle East and the backward countries which follow strict Islamic Code of conduct. But our own country isn’t any better than the Taliban. This is a different form of terrorism – a social terrorism. The worst part is that people living in cities are also a part of this social terrorism. In a world where people talk about human rights and individualism, young people are killed in the name of religion and family honour.
An honour killing is the homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community. Recently, there has been a spate of honor killings in our country and this has led the government to decide what laws should be put in place to stop this heinous crime.
Honour killings are directed mostly against women and girls. The perceived dishonour is normally the result of one of the following behaviors, or the suspicion of such behaviors:
dressing in a manner unacceptable to the family or community. wanting to terminate or prevent an arranged marriage or desiring to marry by own choice.
Sociologists believe that the reason why honour killings continue to take place is because of the continued rigidity of the caste system. Hence the fear of losing their caste status through which they gain many benefits makes them commit this heinous crime. The other reason why honour killings are taking place is because the mentality of people has not changed .
However the root of the cause for the increase in the number of honour killings is because the
In a world where people chat with 3G technology and life goes on at a v room pace, our society has regressed to the Dark Ages where the honor of society is killed without a thought. Lives are taken for age old beliefs which should have been extinct by now as they are not consistent with our present day.
Honour killings used to be a phrase linked with the Middle East and the backward countries which follow strict Islamic Code of conduct. But our own country isn’t any better than the Taliban. This is a different form of terrorism – a social terrorism. The worst part is that people living in cities are also a part of this social terrorism. In a world where people talk about human rights and individualism, young people are killed in the name of religion and family honour.
An honour killing is the homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community. Recently, there has been a spate of honor killings in our country and this has led the government to decide what laws should be put in place to stop this heinous crime.
Honour killings are directed mostly against women and girls. The perceived dishonour is normally the result of one of the following behaviors, or the suspicion of such behaviors:
dressing in a manner unacceptable to the family or community. wanting to terminate or prevent an arranged marriage or desiring to marry by own choice.
Sociologists believe that the reason why honour killings continue to take place is because of the continued rigidity of the caste system. Hence the fear of losing their caste status through which they gain many benefits makes them commit this heinous crime. The other reason why honour killings are taking place is because the mentality of people has not changed .
However the root of the cause for the increase in the number of honour killings is because the