Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Honor killings: Typically a Muslim problem

Ray Hanania is a southwest suburban Chicago writer of Palestinian-Christian descent. He works part-time as a stand-up comedian, and Hanania got a lot of undeserved sympathy because Jackie Mason "fired" Hanania as his Chicago opening act because he was of his ethnic background. As John Podhoretz wrote in 2002, it was Hanania's anti-semitic material--well known to Mason's core audience who complained to the comedy club--that gave Hanania the hook.

Years earlier Hanania was a City Hall and Cook County political beat reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times--he was fired because he was dating City Treasurer Miriam Santos--clearly a conflict of interest.

In fairness to Ray, he sued and won a settlement. Santos didn't end up well either. She went to prison on corruption charges, but she was later released when she won her appeal.

For Thursday's Arab News, Hanania, a frequent apologist for Palestinian excess, wrote a column claiming that a "Muslim problem" as pundits such as Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity claim.

I disagree. Hanania as "evidence" cites one crime, a recent Chicago triple homicide involving an Assyrian Christian family that took place about five miles from where I live.

The alleged killer, Daryoush Ebrahimi, murdered his wife, his sister-in-law, and his mother-in-law because he felt "disrespected."

But the typical Muslim "honor killing" involves a male murdering a sister for an out-of-wedlock pregnancy or a pre-marital sexual relationship that brings "dishonor" to the family.

Not the same thing, Ray.

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