Wednesday 15 June 2016

The War on Women Pakistan 'honour' killing: Why clerics' call may fall on deaf ears - BBC News

Pakistan 'honour' killing: Why clerics' call may fall on deaf ears - BBC News

Protest against killing of Farzana Parveen, 2014Image copyrightAFP
Image captionThe 2014 killing of Farzana Parveen by her relatives in Punjab triggered protests
The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Pakistan has declared that killing in the name of family honour is un-Islamic and against the law. The group, which advises the government on religious aspects of law and society, issued its statement after a recent spate of killings shocked many in Pakistan and around the world. Will anyone listen?

What did the clerics say?

The Council of Islamic Ideology - which came under fire last month for suggesting husbands should be allowed to lightly beat their wives - said it had declared such killings to be un-Islamic in 1999, and made clear it was restating its position following a spate of killings in recent weeks.

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