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Old 10-10-2009, 14:01   #10
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Originally Posted by Sigaba View Post
FWIW, my understanding of AKV's thoughtful post is that he's asking questions as the basis for the collection and analysis of additional information, not that he'd made any conclusions one way or another.
Then perhaps AKV should provide more information supporting the idea that honor killings are a result of location and culture rather than religion. On the other hand, there is ample information to suggest honor killings are sanctioned by Islamic law.

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