August 03, 2007
Fatwa Bans Honor Killings
(Beirut, Lebanon) Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah has spoken.
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Lebanon's most senior Shia cleric issued on Thursday a fatwa, or religious edict, banning honour killings, calling the custom of murdering a female relative for sexual misconduct "a repulsive act".There. That'll put an end to a practice that has been around for -- oh -- at least 1,000 years.
Realistically, though, the fatwa banning honor killings has to be considered the Muslim equivalent to Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" anti-drug message. Good idea but likely to be ignored by many people. In fact, the Grand Ayatollah only counts 1.2 million Shiites as his followers, leaving 99% of the world's Muslims not affected by his fatwa.
Nevertheless, it's a step in the right direction.
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