The following quote also demonstrates how much this act has permeated this Muslim society:<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s proposals to abolish or amend Article 340 met with fierce resistance from the public and its leaders alike. Clearly, honor murders enjoy the approval of the majority of Jordanian society. A Jordan Times survey revealed that 62 percent of Jordanians oppose the amendment of Article 340, mostly out of fear of \u201cmoral corruption in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps what makes the stance of those Muslim groups even more bizarre is that the law allowing such honor crimes is actually the result of a blind acceptance of a Napoleonic law that was adopted by the Ottomans, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan and now it is being defended as part of Muslim culture.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one word best describes the behavior of a Muslim who would kill another Muslim in the name of \u201chonor\u201d: Extremist. That Muslim has gone beyond the limits that the Prophet (peace be upon him) clearly set in the above quoted hadith<\/em>. That is the essence of extremism. In addition, it is a form of turning away from what the Prophet brought\u2014probably much worse than the one who intended not to marry as a means to worship Allah\u2014while the Prophet has said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me.\u201d (Al-Bukhari)<\/p>\n

In sum, it has to be recognized that this practice is not part of Islam at all. Indeed, it is obligatory upon Muslims, especially the scholars, to eradicate this practice which is clearly a violation of Islamic Law.<\/p>\n

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The article is an excerpt from the Paper \u201cRevisiting and Reviving the Dawah Narrative (Renewing the Da\u2019wah Narrative in a Way that Safeguards the Fundamentals and Suits our Times and Places)\u201d by Jamaal Al-Din M. Zarabozo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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