Muslim "Honor Killings" article in Chicago Tribune

Some pretty nasty stuff on the front page of the Chicago Tribune about two women in Europe, one of Kurdish ancestry, the other of Turkish, who were brutally murdered by a family member for "disgracing" the family honor.

Free registration is required from the Chicago Tribune, the article is here.

Here's a chilling excerpt:

The idea of honor is in our cultural backyard. Ethnically and culturally, we believe it," said Mohammed Ahmed, a white-haired man who said he was a peshmerga--a fearsome mountain-fighter--with Yones before they immigrated in 1990.

"Even in court, the father insisted that he was right and that he did the right thing -- and that he'd do it again.

"I mean, I know it's a crime. We all know he's a killer," Ahmed said. "But he was very proud, and what he did . . . well, how could he accept his daughter's behavior?"

The women undoubtedly came from Muslim families, but you if your sole education on "honor killings" comes from this Tribune article, you won't know that. The Trib article is a long one-=the word "Muslim" is not used, "Islamic" is used once, and that came from a quote from a German school principal.

Yes, I'm quite aware that there is nothing in the Koran or Hadith justifying "honor killings." But there is quite lot in those texts about subjugation of women. So yes, in my opinion, Islam definitely figures into the "root causes" of "honor killings."

I'm glad the Chicago Tribune ran the article. But the Trib has to stop taking editorial advice from CAIR.

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