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Dear Mette Thanks very much for your observation, which I have posted online. Unfortunately, we have had no national censuses…
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Eddie You can email them to c.d.field@bham.ac.uk Best wishes. Clive
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8 responses to “Honour Crimes”
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[…] A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: British Religion in Numbers – Honour Crimes […]
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[…] honor. Errant attitudes among the Asian community at large in regards to honor are not limited to Muslims or Pakistanis. Besides, the culture of honor killing is pervasive in Indian culture as well, it's not like Hindus […]
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[…] So the problem here seems to be more about race (they were all Asian) rather than religion. "Honour Crimes" brin.ac.uk (March 2012) __________________ I judge you unfortunate because you have never been unfortunate; you have […]
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[…] It is also common among Christians, Sikhs and Hindus from that region. Honour Crimes Posted on March 19, 2012 by Clive Field Almost two-thirds (69%) of young British Asians aged 16-34 consider that families […]
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This is an old post I know, but I have to wonder at why the poll was only confined to South Asians and why only in the concept of a narrowly defined criteria as if concept of Honor crimes or there equivalent do not exist in other communities.
Also the summation that “Izzat’, therefore, does not appear to be the preserve of any particular faith but seems to reflect the wider cultural inheritance of many young British Asians. ”
Based on this poll perhaps, but what of reality? Who has actually committed such crimes? The actual evidence from suspected Honor Killings suggests it is faith biased although it is other factors may contribute.
I personally have not ever heard of Izzat, I person who would fall under this gross ethnic catagorisation of “Asian” depicted in the article.
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