WHAT DOES HINDUISM THINK OF HONOUR KILLING?
Even though many Hindus believe that they do not commit honour crimes,the amount of honour crimes committed in India alone is a huge amount and is still rising. A repeated excuse was not that their female family were dressing too Western or not wearing appropriate clothing. Many families kill their female family member to control their marriage or their reproduction. They believe that making decision affecting their own lives was abhorrent. Their last options to restore their honour is to kill whoever committed the dishonour.
WHAT DO THE ISLAMIC RELIGION THINK OF HONOUR CRIMES?
The Islamic religion prohibits killing without a legal reason: it does not allows anyone to take the law into the their hands and to commit murder, no matter the justification is used. However, no-one is allowed to act as an accuser, judge and executioner as it would completely break down the system they have, as anyone could commit a crime, claiming they had a valid reason to do so. Therefore, the religion had created a specific system of implementing the law. They require a judge to hear both sides before making any assumptions.
"Whoever kills a believer intentionally, their reward will be Hell, to abide therein forever, and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon them, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for them." (Holy Quran, Chapter 4, Verse 93)
Even though the Islamic religion strongly believes that no-one should have the right to take law into their own hands other than Allah, most of the honour crimes are committed by Muslims. Some honour crimes involve the allegation of adultery or apostasy, which in the Islamic law states that it is punishable death. Therefore, women who are astray from the path they think right can be rightly murdered.