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Middle East
Brothers murder sisters for 'honour'
2003-09-12
Three brothers have hacked to death their two sisters in Jordan, a day after parliament rejected an amendment that stiffens sentences for people convicted of so-called honour killings. The brothers killed their sisters, aged 20 and 27, in the capital of Amman earlier this week using axes to “cleanse the family honour”, according to officials on Wednesday.
Squeaky clean now, ain't it? Except for having three idiot murderers in the family, of course, but that doesn't count...
A Jordanian official confirmed a report in the English-language Jordan Times that said the incident occurred after the younger woman fled home to live with her sister who had wed a man without her family’s knowledge two years earlier. The deaths raised to at least 12 the number of women murdered by relatives to reserve the “family honour”.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#6  Barbarism and depravity defined... legally.
Posted by: .com (Abu This RoP™ Asshats)   2003-9-12 11:57:14 AM  

#5  The article goes on to state "Activists said parliament’s rejection of the new law gave men “a licence to kill” their female relatives.

“After they rejected it in early August, three women were reported killing in 10 days. This is surely not a coincidence,” an expert was quoted as saying."

Plus two for the gene pool. I imagine these fellers will get a hefty fine (seems they've already performed their community service).

We in the West have lost this kind of spirituality, because of our unhealthy preoccupation with earthly matters like economics and hygiene. Obviously we judge other cultures too quickly and against our own biased standards.

Et cetera.
Posted by: Mark IV   2003-9-12 9:05:07 AM  

#4  The deaths raised to at least 12 the number of women murdered by relatives to reserve the “family honour”. I'm confused( but that happens a lot ), is that twelve this year, since the dawn of time, or just maybe this week
Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire   2003-9-12 6:06:44 AM  

#3  Rafael, I don't think it's considered a bad thing if it is because someone has offended your sense of honor. Especially if the offender is someone who they consider property or subhuman in the first place.
Posted by: Baba Yaga   2003-9-12 1:46:01 AM  

#2  Whetever happened to "Thou shalt not kill"? No such thing in Islam? Or do they get a different version?
Posted by: Rafael   2003-9-12 1:01:34 AM  

#1  And here's the lesson, ladies - be sure to snuff the male relatives before moving out.
Posted by: mojo   2003-9-12 12:55:42 AM  

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