Persuasive Essay On Honor Killing

I do support Death with Dignity Act, similar to the one in Oregon, to be implemented in other states. Death with Dignity allows a terminally ill patient, who has zero possibility of recovering with any kind medical treatment, to rest in peace at will. These are voluntary unlike Euthanasia. An eligible person, which would be a terminally ill patient in this case, can request the prescription and can choose if and when to take it. The case of Brittany Maynard clearly shows that patients who are sick and whose sufferings cannot be relieved , should have a choice to put an end to the pain and have a peaceful death with near and dear ones by their side. Dying with excruciating pain and suffering, within four walls of hospital with restlessness and

Empirical evidence shows that Muslim culture is highly religious and there is little distinction between religion and leadership. The leaders are governed by religious doctrines in handling their tasks, and thus, the various regulations that govern morality and other activities in the society draw heavily from the Koran teachings. Therefore, it can be argued that the honor killings are made in the name of God as Allah is righteous and expects his people to be clean (Awwad 54). Any act that may bring sins to a family should be eradicated to maintain righteousness before the eyes of Allah. Consequently, a man takes the responsibility of ensuring that morality is upheld in the society by killing the disgraceful characters in defense of the religion. However, there is another category of people who believe that honor killings are just societal a code that is based on the interest of discouraging infidelity and sex before marriage in the society. A lady who gets married before losing her innocence brings honor to her father and her husband (Faqir 70). Therefore, attempts to maintain the honor makes people engage in honor killings to prevent people from engaging in such sexual activities out of the defined boundaries. Any deviation from expectation willingly or unknowingly leads to dire consequences. For example, a girl who loses

The death penalty disproportionately targets minorities especially African Americans. In the United States of America there is an unequal and unfair burden against African Americans in the criminal justice system. In 2011, African Americans were only 13.6% of the American population (Rastogi, Johnson, Hoeffel, & Drewery, 2011). However, African Americans in 2011 made up 42% of the total death row population (Snell, 2011). Although a minority of the total population in the United States, African Americans make the majority of inmates on death row facing execution. Furthermore, the death penalty in many states is used as tool that following the racial legacy of Jim Crow laws. Sentences resulting in death are higher in states with a history of lynching (Schweizer 92). States with a history of lynching are predominately found in the Southern United states. The Southern United states has the highest population of death row inmates. In 2009 alone there were 1,630 inmates currently on death row in the South compared to 226 in the North and only 988 in the West (Schweizer 92). In addition, the race of the victim often will determine the sentence. Results from the Baldus Study suggested evidence of racial disparity in the state of Georgia based on the victims race (Schweizer 92). The Baldus study argued African American defendants who committed murdered white individuals had much higher probability of receiving the death penalty. Prosecutors in Georgia pursued a verdict of death in 80% of their cases if the defendant was African American and the victim was white (Schweizer 92). This is purely racial discrimination and prejudice. Finally, “Since 1977, the overwhelming majority (77%) off death row defendants have been executed for killing white victims, even though African Americans make up about half of all homicide victims (Amnesty International).”The race of the both the victim and perpetrator in criminal is irrelevant.

The motive behind this concept has been linked to either entirely or in partial to the perpetrators needs to assert one’s self, a concept of racial superiority, or even a disagreement between perpetrator and victim taken to extreme measures. Without question, many human rights are being violated such as; article three, five, seven, eight, nine, twelve, seventeen and twenty-eight. In addition, spectators often neglect the outrageous amount of sexual assaults that accompany with the initial intention of tormenting an individual with the forms of physical abuse and subjecting them

Woman have a lot to consider in their everyday lives. Although bringing a child into the world can be a beautiful thing, women should have the right to choose if they are ready for that commitment and if they want to bare any children at all. In some countries these are freedoms that women do not have. When reading about genders, it was sad to read about “honor killings”. Honor killings typically involve male family members killing a female family member who caused shame or disgrace to the family. The female could be a victim of rape and

Women and their children are in poverty and denied basic rights due to gender discrimination, domestic violence, religious beliefs, and illiteracy. A 2011 poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation found Pakistan to be the third most dangerous country for women across the globe, citing more than 1,000 women and girls murdered in "honor killings" every year (Jamal 2011). 90 percent of Pakistani women were also found to be victims of domestic violence (Jamal 2011). Up until 2006, rape used to be under Islamic Law of Evidence where if the rape victim could not provide four male eyewitnesses to the crime in question, she could be severely punished (Ahmed 2008: 55). According to Pakistan’s National Commission on Status of Women in 2003, 80% of women in jail were there because “they had failed to prove rape charges and were consequently convicted of adultery” (Malik 2013).

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has seen their share of criticism regarding their view of cultures. The Ayaan Hirsi Ali (AHA) Foundation has taken up a stance to do anything within their power to fight for the rights of women worldwide, specifically pertaining to honor violence. There seems to be serious philosophical tension between the AAA and the AHA. In this paper, I will set out to discuss this tension in three ways. The first thing I will do is to try and present the AAA’s position with as much accuracy and charitability as I can. The second thing I will try to do is to apply the AAA’s stance specifically to honor violence. Lastly, I will argue for my view of the AAA’s position. Hopefully, I will offer a compelling case

The article by Meetoo and Miraz define extreme forms of domestic violence, which often lead to the death of a woman at the hands of her loved ones or community. Interestingly, "honour" only arises as a motivation for murder when religion or ethnic communities are involved. In the article, the author asserts that ethicized women (women of colour and other minorities) who are victims of honour killings are unrecognized in both multicultural discussion and domestic violence discussion. Since 9/11, these women have become much more visible, but unfortunately this increased recognition is due to a heightened sense of fear and danger associated with the idea of a "Muslim alien 'other'". By employing an approach focused more on human rights, people

In Pakistan, thousands of women are dying each year because they are being accused of dishonoring their families. “The reason is rooted in sexual inequality in such countries,” Terence McCoy insists. Individuals are killing just women, and a genocide is not technically being committed because sex is not protected under the UN’s definition. Not only should the UN change its definition of genocide to include sex, but also it should change its definition to include age.

In both instances of honor based violence and domestic violence, victims can be seen as losing power and control within their own lives, which can be noted in the ways that one can lose their honor, including: conforming too much to Western cultures, having relationships with people outside of your own culture, or leaving a man who treats you as an object (Chester, 2010; Eshareturi et al., 2014; Standish, 2014). Women who are victims of honor based violence lose the opportunity to live their lives freely due to honor disrupting behaviors (Chester, 2010; Eshareturi et al., 2014; Standish, 2014). In comparison, within cases of

Since the beginning of time there has always been the question of what to do with someone that has committed a serious offense that has resulted in serious injury or even death to a person. The death penalty has always been a topic of whether it is humane or inhumane to put someone to death over their crimes against another human being. The death penalty to some is either acceptable to where a person should be put t death for their crimes or is not doing anything to deter people from committing crimes. the death penalty is starting to become less of a punishment and more of a costly expense to taxpayers whom for “Each death penalty case in Texas costs taxpayers about $2.3 million.” The death penalty for some think it should be abolished while others would rather see it extended.

Good post, I almost picked this same topic but decided not too. I am for the "Death with Dignity" I think if someone is terminally ill and suffering they should be allowed to end their life. I say this only through experience watching my mother take her last breath suffering from cancer. The days leading up to her passing she would ask for her bottle of pills and say she was tired of suffering. At that time I had taken a death and dying class and knew I couldn't do that legally. It's sad that the young woman had to move out of state and her family followed just so she had the right to die. The "Death with Dignity" is different for everyone. "Dignity" can be anything important for the individual and their happiness and quality of

There are times when a person believes that their honor is at stakes. Their honor and pride are something that must not be taken away, and if it does, then it must be taken back. They honor their honor in very serious ways, from keeping it to repaying it, some will even go to the ends of the earth to protect someone else's honor. In Turkey, there is a woman called, Nevin Yildirim, who, after killing a man, brought back her honor. Yildirim, was being raped at gunpoint multiple times throughout the days. She was told to be silent as not only did he threatened to harm her two children, but to reveal pictures that would ruin her and her families honor (Kayali, 2012). It is the womans job to keep the honor in the family or else you are nothing without it. After she found out he

In some societies, women in the judicial process have very few rights that are the same as men, and their punishment seems to be much greater. Treatment by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and by other groups such as the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood all contribute to how women are treated legally. Zohreh Arshadi asserts that in countries such as Iran, "The Islamic punishments have encouraged a culture of violence against women...The fact that men receive a lighter punishment if they commit a violence against women undoubtedly encourages such violence. We saw how women could be killed with impunity during alleged adultery. Stoning to death for adultery, although technically admissible for both sexes, has also been carried out mainly against women” (Arshadi 2012). It is in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and some non-Middle Eastern countries where the Qur’an is taken as a literal word and law, and there is constituted into actual state law. This means that certain texts from the Qur’an are used to treat women violently. For example a passage in the Qur’an states: Hadith Muslim (4:1982)  The Prophet said, “I saw Hell also. No such (abominable) sight have I ever seen as that which I saw today; and I observed that most of its inhabitants were women. They said: Messenger of Allah, on what account is it so? He said: For their ingratitude or disbelief

The death penalty is a prosecute that is used to kill criminals that have committed crimes that are so bad they should not be left alive. The idea of putting another human to death is hard to completely fathom. The physical mechanics involved in the act of execution are easy to grasp, but the emotions involved in carrying out a death sentence on another person, regardless of how much they deserve it, is beyond my understanding. Knowing that it must be painful, dehumanizing, and sickening. The Eight Amendment says” Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” (Constitutions). And for the article Changing Views on\\e rate has gone down at a steady from the 1990 to now and that they death penalty is sometimes necessary, and it is our responsibility as a society to see that it is done.