Honor Killings

[jordanianprincess 0]

I know Queen Rania has formed comissioned a human rights to look into honor killings.

Well maybe Jordan will follow with amending their penal code regarding honor killing but highly unlikely considering most of those who oppose changing the law are bedouin tribes. They are the main backers of the Hashemite Kingdom.

Yes unfortunatly the parliment keeps refusing the bill. The Royal Family has been working very hard to change this law.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Brazilians serve the most amazing grilled meat! I'm not much of a meat eater, but I chowed down on meat like crazy there. I still miss it.

oh nessa just cooked up some steaks. and she used so much garlic that i'm certain that there isn't a single vampire within 100 miles of here

yummy my wifey can cook

I would drive to Kansas for some Brazilian grill, but once in the twilight zone is enough

Lucky man that you can eat that good cookin so often!

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Can you imagine? I remember when lynchings, another example of "honor killings", were still acceptable in the US. People actually argued to make it legal. Now, we look back at that time in shame. Changing the collective mind of a nation takes time they can't really afford.

I know Queen Rania has formed comissioned a human rights to look into honor killings.

Well maybe Jordan will follow with amending their penal code regarding honor killing but highly unlikely considering most of those who oppose changing the law are bedouin tribes. They are the main backers of the Hashemite Kingdom.

Yes unfortunatly the parliment keeps refusing the bill. The Royal Family has been working very hard to change this law.

[AngelK96 0]

baby steps JP. If it ever gets changed maybe stiffer penalites but I don't see it going away completely.

Myself I am more interested in what is being done in Jordan, and coming up with ways to solve it. Women shelters would be nice instead of being put in jail or even maybe immigrating to another country as an option. It should be consider amnesty so they can immigrate.

[jordanianprincess 0]

baby steps JP. If it ever gets changed maybe stiffer penalites but I don't see it going away completely.

Myself I am more interested in what is being done in Jordan, and coming up with ways to solve it. Women shelters would be nice instead of being put in jail or even maybe immigrating to another country as an option. It should be consider amnesty so they can immigrate.

They actually do have some. If a woman calls in and feels she is in danger they will even come pick her up.

[AngelK96 0]

JP i am really glad you brought up this subject. For a long time I been reading and reading about this subject and been following these stories for years. I am glad you brought awareness to this issue.

Shokran!!!!!

[jordanianprincess 0]

JP i am really glad you brought up this subject. For a long time I been reading and reading about this subject and been following these stories for years. I am glad you brought awareness to this issue.

Shokran!!!!!

You might like this website www.ranahusseini.com

[AngelK96 0]

JP i am really glad you brought up this subject. For a long time I been reading and reading about this subject and been following these stories for years. I am glad you brought awareness to this issue.

Shokran!!!!!

You might like this website www.ranahusseini.com

JP i do read her articles!!! i was going to post about her. She is a strong lady. I am sure you read about the death threats she got??? but she still publishes her articles.

[AngelK96 0]

szsz posted maybe your husband says maybe he will not condone honor killings but you really you won't know until it happens something to that affect. I told my husband if you ever change your mind and you or your family try to harm my child because maybe they did something to harm your family name. I told him you'll have to go through me and my machete because nobody will touch my child. Welcome to my culture honey! He looked at me seriously and said you know what you sound just like my mother!!!

[mybackpages 0]

baby steps

angelK

baby steps is so frustrating to me. I completely understand this philosophy, that you can not irradicate behaviors over night, it takes time, it takes education, etc. I dislike the idea of waiting for the change when I know in my heart so many people are suffering. I guess all things have evolved through baby steps and not revolution, but it doesn;t make it easier for me to find the patience!

[AngelK96 0]

If your are really interested in this subject like I am. JP has left a link. IMO i think everyone should be informed, but that is just me. It's part of arab culture and anyone married to some from the ME/NA should have an awareness of it. I like i stated. I am more interested in what can be done about it and how to solve it.

[mybackpages 0]

If your are really interested in this subject like I am. JP has left a link. IMO i think everyone should be informed, but that is just me. It's part of arab culture and anyone married to some from the ME/NA should have an awareness of it. I like i stated. I am more interested in what can be done about it and how to solve it.

This is one of my favorite posts in the entire thread. Yes, let's focus on what can be done and what are solutions. I like the way you think!

[jordanianprincess 0]

If your are really interested in this subject like I am. JP has left a link. IMO i think everyone should be informed, but that is just me. It's part of arab culture and anyone married to some from the ME/NA should have an awareness of it. I like i stated. I am more interested in what can be done about it and how to solve it.

Very well said.

[AngelK96 0]

I also want to add. I think it was Melly asking about what happens to the children of these so called honor killings. Most of the time they end up in orphanges. I remember seeing Queen Ranian and King Abdullah of Jordan visiting an orphanage. I asked my husband where do all these children come from. If arab families are so close why are do they have orphanages in Jordan? he told me most come from families that both mother and father have died and nobody can care for them and some come from divorced parents were neither can want or care for them..again culture..shame.. or some come from unwedded women. It made me sad and i said so if we wanted to adopt can we. He told me yes, but they would have to keep their family name they have. I said we can't change it to our name and he said no because if they ever wanted to marry it's to keep from marrying there brother or sister. I understood that, but I was like ok but they will be in the USA..He just looked at me thinking, so it maybe possible for some of you to adopted. The option is there!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

One thing that Americans can do, especially with cases like Egypt and Jordan, is to let your congress reps and senators know how you feel. These countries get a LOT of foreign aid from the United States. It's possible for the U.S. to attach strings to that aid (consider that the money is already conditional on their maintaining peace treaties with Israel.)

This type of pressure could have a lot of effect in getting laws changed, even when other efforts have failed.

Write those letters, and ask others to do the same.

-MK