14/06/2016
Arab Times
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Pakistan clerics LAHORE, Pakistan, June 13, (RTRS): A group of Pakistani clerics has issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, declaring “honour killing” over perceived damage to a family’s reputation against the teaching of Islam, and anyone who carries out such an attack a heretic.
Hundreds of Pakistanis, the vast majority women and girls, are murdered every year by relatives after being accused of damaging a family’s honour. Most cases involve young women trying to chose partners against a family’s wishes.
