Letters to the Editor
Honour killing
Halima, aged between 18 and 20 and a mother of two children, was gunned down for bringing dishonour to her family in Afghanistan. In front of 300 villagers, Halima's father shot her in the head, stomach and waist as instructed by the religious leaders. This was done to punish Halima for an alleged affair with her cousin while her husband was in Iran. Halima's father sought advice from Taliban-backed clerics on how to punish his daughter. A local cleric said that she must be punished with death and should be executed in public.
Is this the way to punish someone for immoral activities? We hope the learned religious scholars and leaders of our country would educate the people about the real philosophy of Islam in this regard, so that killing in the name of family honour can never be practiced in our society.
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