British woman "honor-killed" for unholy relationship
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Samia Shahid (سامية شهيد), from Bradford, died while visiting relatives in Pandori in northern Punjab.
The Pakistani chief investigator also told the BBC Ms Shahid's father and former husband carried out her murder.
Her former husband, Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel (شادري محمد شكيل), is accused of murder and is reported to have confessed to strangling her with her scarf, according to local police.
Ms Shahid had been visiting family in the village of Pandori when she died and her relatives initially claimed she had suffered a heart attack.
Her second husband, Syed Mukhtar Kazim, believes she was the victim of a so-called honour killing as her family did not approve of their marriage.
Her death happened last month, I think it was posted on atrl too. The story here is that they have discovered that she was raped before she was killed, which makes things a lot worse.
There's literally not a link between a religion and the killing in the article though. She was muslim but this has to do with the backwards mentality of her family and ex-husband. This is an awful crime and we shouldn't be judging religions based on it (even if I do believe this world would be better without any of them).
Killing one's wife or sister for tarnishing her honor or that of her family has not received approval from any Islamic scholar of any note, in either medieval or modern era.[82] Many Muslim commentators, and organizations condemn honor killings as an un-Islamic cultural practice.[83] Tahira Shaid Khan, a professor of women's issues at Aga Khan University, says that there is nothing in the Qur'an that permits or sanctions honor killings.
Honour killing also happens in Christian communities in the Mediterranean and other regions. The culture of Ancient Rome allowed the father to kill his children if he deemed necessary. Honour killing was only abolished as a specific category in Italy in 1981, and murders in the name of honour still occur in the country. In 2006, Bruna Morito was shot six times in the face by her brother for bearing a child outside marriage. In Brazil, men could be acquitted for murdering their wives up until 1991, and there have been 800 recorded such murders in a single year. Even in 1991, a lower court ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court and acquitted Joao Lopes for the double homicide of his wife and her lover. In fact, the opposition of the woman as the vessel of familial honour and the man as its protector was widespread throughout the southern European region, although it is not clear how many murders are committed in the name of honour at the present time.
Even within the Middle East, honour killing is not restricted to Muslims. In Yemen, a Jewish father killed his daughter after a rebuke from the rabbi for her extra-marital pregnancy, and in Palestine, in 2005, Faten Habash was beaten to death with an iron bar, wielded by her Christian father because she wanted to marry her Muslim boyfriend.
While there is no Quranic justification for honour killing, it is unfortunately true that many of the perpetrators believe themselves justified by their faith. All religions are influenced by the patriarchal culture under which they were created and so codify some of the oppressive practises of their time. All religions are interpreted by reactionary elements who wish to defend and retain patriarchal dominance. It is in the name of Christianity that reactionary elements in some American states and European countries restrict abortion rights; it was in the name of Islam that reactionary elements in Jordan and Pakistan blocked legal amendments which would have closed loopholes that allow honour killers to escape with token punishment. As Nilofar Bakhtiar, adviser to Pakistan's prime minister on Women's' Development says, men find it "very convenient to say that what they don't want to do is against Islam and what they want to do is in the name of Islam."
The islamophobia on this site is ridiculous.
As it has been pointed out, honour killings aren't specific to islam.
If you want to make a point about all the major religions having sexist roots, fine. You would be correct.
It's not exclusive to Islam though and, as with Christianity and Judaism, when practiced in a peaceful and modern way it is a beautiful religion.
Rest in peace. 
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Buy a Quran....get into it 
