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• Most cases of women’s honor killings occur in Muslim countries. However,
such type of murders is not sanctioned by Islamic law or religion.

• This crime is most pervasive in those families, where women are treated
as mere property and honor is deeply-rooted. Even the government turns
a blind eye to the cases of honor killings. Rather, these types of murders
are documented as accidents or suicides.

• In Alexandria, Egypt, almost 47% of the women were murdered in the
name of protecting honor after they had been raped.
• In most honor killing cases, the women’s brothers, fathers or husbands kill
them.
• The nature of honor killing crime is distinctive and collective. Members of
a family or extended family plan the crime together.
• Honor killings are carried out to control the behavior of the victim in regard
to sexuality, marriage, etc.
• The family’s social status in the community and the disgrace associated
with losing reputation encourage people for honor killing.
• Generally, the murderers do not face any negative stigma associated with
this crime as their behavior is considered appropriate and justified by the
community.
• Often, the teenage brothers are selected to be the executioner by their
families as their legal sentences are light as compared to adults.

Conclusion :Sometimes, a forced suicide can be used as a substitute for an honor
killing. In such incidences, none of the family members are directly involved in the
killing of the victim, but they force her or him to commit suicide, so as to bypass the
punishment. In any form, honor killings are criticized and considered as a serious
human rights violation.

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