Editorial
by Kathrin Fichtel
Could there be any crueller crime than a father or brother killing his daughter, sister or wife?
How can liberal societies be able to understand a man who considers his "honour" as more precious than a beloved relative?
Maybe we can, thinking of all the crimes in our society that are committed in the name of love: jealousy, pain and dented pride can be a drive to hurt as much as honour obviously is in other cultures.
Apart from spending their lives in prison, the perpetrators are punishing themselves by killing a loved one for a twisted idea - which only brings shame to the whole family.
However there is nothing to defend them or understand their point of view, but many reasons to fight a barbaric tradition!
This site was created in July 2006 as a final project for the Masters Degree MA Multi-Media Journalism at Bournemouth Media School in England.
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