Wow! Thank you! I continuously wanted to write on my website something like that. Can I include a portion of your post to my blog? …

All the Holy Verses and Hadiths are definitely clear about what Allah and His beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) say about adultry, but that still would not justify anyone takimg matters in their own hands and killing another soul that Allah has made sacred (I am sure you know about the narration in Quran about killing one soul without just cause is like killing the whole humanity and saving one is like saving the whole humanity…)

I am no scholar, but also remeber that islamic laws were not applied (or not even revealed) in Meccan period, because first an islamic environment is provided before islamic law can be applied. I am not condoning any vulgarity, but I do not believe that living in an atmosphere that entices and glorifies sexuality, the way it is done in this culture (and more and more in our “islamic” countries), one can apply the laws of Shariah. That being said, one who follows Allah and His messanger’s path is, for sure, rightly guided.

Again, the discussion was about killing and no religion or culture would condone these acts, I just wish it could be condemned without religious connotations…..

Looks like you completely mis-read of what I said. I did quote VERSES from AL-Quran with Chapter:Verse. I think you should take your English AP classes again because you seriously lack in reading/understanding skills.

I agree with the concern which you’ve mentioned, and yet sadly things like this happened. Since, we are slave of Allah (SBT), and He gave us a book to read and sent His messenger to guide us. You should know that there are very strict punishments about the things such as ( drugs, sex,..etc ).The Punishment will apply IF AND ONLY IF there are enough evidence.

Below are some details under the light of Quran and Hadiths.

Quran and Hadiths which may dictate/incite honor killing:

Quran- 4:15 “If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witness from amongst you against them; if they testify, confine them to houses until death do claim them. Or God ordain for them some (other) way.”

Quran-24:2 “The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication—flog each of them with hundred stripes: Let no compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by God, if ye believe in God and the last day.”

Quran-17:32 “ Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils).

Quran-33:33 “stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display.”

Now some sahih hadiths:

Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 63, Number 196:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man from Bani Aslam came to Allah’s Apostle while he was in the mosque and called (the Prophet ) saying, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse.” On that the Prophet turned his face from him to the other side, whereupon the man moved to the side towards which the Prophet had turned his face, and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse.” The Prophet turned his face (from him) to the other side whereupon the man moved to the side towards which the Prophet had turned his face, and repeated his statement. The Prophet turned his face (from him) to the other side again. The man moved again (and repeated his statement) for the fourth time. So when the man had given witness four times against himself, the Prophet called him and said, “Are you insane?” He replied, “No.” The Prophet then said (to his companions), “Go and stone him to death.” The man was a married one. Jabir bin ‘Abdullah Al-Ansari said: I was one of those who stoned him. We stoned him at the Musalla (’Id praying place) in Medina. When the stones hit him with their sharp edges, he fled, but we caught him at Al-Harra and stoned him till he died.
(See also Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 63, Number 195.)

Sahi Bukhari: 8:6814:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari: “A man from the tribe of Bani Aslam came to Allah’s Messenger [Muhammad] and informed him that he had committed illegal sexual intercourse; and he bore witness four times against himself. Allah’s Messenger ordered him to be stoned to death as he was a married person.”

Sahi Muslim No. 4206:
“A woman came to the prophet and asked for purification by seeking punishment. He told her to go away and seek God’s forgiveness. She persisted four times and admitted she was pregnant. He told her to wait until she had given birth. Then he said that the Muslim community should wait until she had weaned her child. When the day arrived for the child to take solid food, Muhammad handed the child over to the community. And when he had given command over her and she was put in a hole up to her breast, he ordered the people to stone her. Khalid b. al-Walid came forward with a stone which he threw at her head, and when the blood spurted on her face he cursed her.”

Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 2. pg 1009; and Sahih Muslim Vol 2. pg 65:
Hadhrat Abdullah ibne Abbaas (Radiallahu Anhu) narrates the lecture that Hadhrat Umar (Radiallaahu Anhu) delivered whilst sitting on the pulpit of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam). Hadhrat Umar (Radiallahu Anhu) said, “Verily, Allah sent Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) with the truth, and revealed the Quran upon him. The verse regarding the stoning of the adulterer/ess was from amongst the verse revealed (in the Quraan). We read it, secured it and understood it. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) stoned and we stoned after him. I fear that with the passage of time a person might say, ‘We do not find mention of stoning in the Book of Allah and thereby go astray by leaving out an obligation revealed by Allah. Verily, the stoning of a adulterer/ress is found in the Quraan and is the truth, if the witnesses are met or there is a pregnancy or confession.”

Al-Bukhari:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever guarantees me that he will guard his chastity, I will guarantee him Paradise”.

Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, An-Nisa’i and others:
Abu Hurayrah reports that the Messenger of Allah said, “No one commits adultery while still remaining a believer, for faith is more precious unto Allah than such an evil act!” In another version, it is stated, “When a person commits adultery he casts away from his neck the bond that ties him to Islam; if, however, he repents, Allah will accept his repentance”.

Al-Bayhaqi:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “O mankind! Beware of fornication/adultery for it entails six dire consequences: three of them relating to this world and three to the next world. As for the three that are related to this world, they are the following: it removes the glow of one’s face, brings poverty, and reduces the life-span. As for its dire consequences in the next world they are: it brings down the wrath of Allah upon the person, subjects him to terrible reckoning, and finally casts him in hell-fire.”

i don’t know anything about islam and i am not interested to know either. all i know is that taking a life cannot possibly be humane. whether u are a muslim, or a christian, or if you worship refrigerators, human relations … human love … humanity must supersede everything else including organized religion, innit? in the name of that humanity, yes, the actions of honor killings must be condemned. also, it is important to look at the statistics of where and in what families these disgusting atrocities are occurring, and perhaps devise a solution to help those families and cultures to come in terms with the fast changing society.

society and its rules changed at a fast pace but, sadly, some religiously and culturally adamant portions remained stuck in century old traditions. conflict is bound to occur as a result.

I can see you have a lots of passion about this issue and instead of feeling bad and then go on with your own life, you actually did something about it and lots of us (me included) can take notes…

Also I commend your courage to keep all the coments on, since if you would want, I’m sure you can delete what you don’t like!

I wish, and I don’t know if you can edit, you can update your “reason I started..” with your current thought process, since that is the first thing anybody sees..

Hope future brings all goodness for you

Sincerely

As you can see that I started this blog in 2008, as per the title “The reason I started it” was because @ that time a lot of such stories came to surface & I was obviously horrified to read about them so much that I ended up starting a blog site.

It was after that I started doing my research & found out that such acts happen all over the world irrespective of the religion & especially in India due to caste system.

As I said, my intention was not to criticize the religion that I follow but to bring awareness & I believe I accomplished that in a small way.

Respect
Samia