tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post2553296264048163204..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Honor Killing in Georgia?Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-38632216204644021082008-07-09T00:38:00.000-04:002008-07-09T00:38:00.000-04:00Fact is, he DID kill his daughter because he was M...Fact is, he DID kill his daughter because he was Muslim. NOT because that's what Islam teaches him but because, as a Muslim, from a Muslim society, he was worried about compromising his macho Mulsim-ness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-14618058528824131662008-07-08T13:01:00.000-04:002008-07-08T13:01:00.000-04:00I don't think the murder story really has a cultur...I don't think the murder story really has a cultural angle unless Rashid's lawyers try to make his culture part of his defense, or unless other Pakistani-Americans are foolish enough to defend his alleged actions on cultural grounds. That said, I think you're right that the news media are reluctant to tag Rashid as a Muslim in their early reportage, but I also think that reluctance is reasonable. Until we learn more about the case, no one has any business implying that Rashid killed his daughter because he was a Muslim, as if that was a sufficient explanation.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-61713155626057294872008-07-07T23:36:00.000-04:002008-07-07T23:36:00.000-04:00A regional television news service says that Chaud...A regional television news service says that Chaudhry Rashad stated that he killed his daughter, because he was angry and she had disgraced his family. <BR/><BR/>I agree that many blog postings about this little matter are hostile to Islam. However, I think that this may be a case where the sincerely-held cultural beliefs of a non-western resident may be involved. <BR/><BR/>I'm not particularly surprised that you haven't found references to the cultural angle of this story. Traditional news media is quite reticent about potentially embarrassing details of alternative cultural perspectives.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.com