Honor Killing

We live in a place where dance at a mar­riage cer­e­mo­ny can cause jir­gas to pro­nounce cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment, while suo motus seem to come to naught. The ques­tions we need to ask our­selves are: what is our hon­or; what is our sense of cul­ture; and con­se­quent­ly what kind of a soci­ety we are. If a place where killing of indi­vid­u­als, though con­demned open­ly, is con­sid­ered by many an ele­ment of hon­or, such a soci­ety seri­ous­ly need to intro­spect its val­ues. Our law on hon­or killing is meant to com­bat a ‘cus­tom’. Solu­tion lies not mere­ly in stricter laws and vig­or­ous pun­ish­ments, but also in chang­ing our cul­tur­al sen­si­bil­i­ty. Let’s rede­fine our sense of hon­or in the light of rea­son. Let every­one enjoy indi­vid­ual free­doms, and let us dis­cov­er joy in life rather than hon­or in unnec­es­sary death.