I would just like to share my understanding and experience in this area and I
want to thank you Anngwyn for bringing it up!
First of all, I would like to clarify that the assumption of linking honour
killings with Islamic society is incorrect. There is nowhere in the Quran any
evidence to suggest that killing for honour is acceptable. Neither does the
life of Prophet Mohammad indicate that he engaged in this behaviour or
encouraged it. Whilst honour killings have occurred in some Muslim nations, it
is not an Islamic value!
Secondly, my experience of witnessing this issue indirectly, by having grown up
in a Muslim nation is that honour killings were occasionally practiced by the
mountain tribes in my country as part of their tribal law. And that this
allowed the honour of the families involved to be restored. Simply put, Death
was preferable to living a life of Shame. We see this in the Samurai tradition
of Japan with the concept of Hara Kiri and the Sati tradition in Hinduism,
which has now been banned. To my understanding: honour killings came about to
preserve the honour of families. Therefore, it is a social and cultural issue,
not a religious one.
I hope that the few words I share add to understanding of this issue.
Regards
Tripty
"An agitated mind makes it difficult to see
Let the mind settle and all will be clear."
On 9 Mar 2021, at 12:55 pm, Anngwyn (Redacted sender "anngwyn" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetings from Arizona,
Maybe the first step is to raise awareness. of this widespread issue. At
this point, I am quite aware and not in need of more documentations, although
I understand that for others this may be a blind spot.
What I am asking is if anyone has actually had clinical experience with SCW
and Honor Killings ?
Given Bert's teachings, I can speculate about as to what the systemic
consequences of this perpetrator victim, dynamic may be, but that is all it
would be.
Regards,
Anngwyn
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From: Eimear O'Neill <eimearsemail@xxxxxxxxx>
To: constellationtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, Mar 8, 2021 5:05 pm
Subject: [constellationtalk] Re: Honor Killings ?
I attach an interesting article from Chitra Lakhera on 'honor" killings in
India and the larger systems in which these are embedded.
Warmly
Eimear
Eimear O'Neill, PhD https://www.eimearoneill.com/Eimear_ONeill/Home.html ;
<https://www.eimearoneill.com/Eimear_ONeill/Home.html>
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 15:01, Anngwyn <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Greetings from Arizona,
Does anyone have experience with the impact of Honor Killings in Islamic and
other family systems?
Warm Regards,
Anngwyn St. Just Ph.D.
Director: Arizona Center for Social Trauma.
Sedona,AZ. USA
