I think this crime has to be laid at the feet of gender relations rather than religion, though. Some sense of male “honour” that can be gained from successfully enslaving the females of one’s family and killing them if they step out of line…

As I said in the previous post, this is not really a religion issue, however religion does play it’s part. It is the unreasonable deference to people’s beliefs which allow things like this to carry some level of credibility. Sadly, people find it easier to say they killed [insert name] because it was the will of God than the more honest answer.

I am sure that this sort of atrocity would take place with or without religion. Religion helps otherwise good people justify standing by or implicit tolerance.

I think this crime has to be laid at the feet of gender relations rather than religion, though. Some sense of male “honour” that can be gained from successfully enslaving the females of one’s family and killing them if they step out of line…

I couldn’t watch the video. A murderous rage would have filled me, for a start. Then, my concern for the honour of the human species would have compelled me to go and beat the perpetrators to death to wipe out the shame…

(Good to see social science getting its due. 🙂 )