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Debunking Honour Killings
Ustdh Abu Eesa Niamatullah


Anyone who watched the moving two-part series on BBC1 over the last two evenings on
the topic of Honour Killings amongst the Asians and specifically the Muslims in the
UK will no doubt be distraught and heartbroken at this blight on our community,
indeed blight on our Honour.
There is much to say and analyse concerning this subject and recent public responses
and articles have not done justice to the issue at hand - it requires a complete study, an
understanding of its causes, and then upon a clear methodology based upon the Quran
and Sunnah and our present day realities, a set of viable and practical solutions offered
to deal with the various aspects of the problem, giving guidance to the initial guilty
parties, the then aggrieved, the stirrers, and all other people involved along the line.
This is not about the Muslims accepting blame for this problem which of course affects
many non-Muslim as well as Muslim communities; rather it is a recognition that as
callers to a system that offers guidance and light to all people in all their affairs, it
would be good to start with our own various communities around the world first before
we start to export our values to anyone else and be accused of hypocrisy.
I shall be dealing with this topic in detail in the Adab show inshaAllh hopefully within
the next few weeks or late February, during the explanation to the weak narration
(collected by Imm Ahmed and Imm al-Bukhri) of the Prophet (s) when he informed
that the greatest of Sadaqah was,
To provide for your daughter when she is returned to you and you are her sole
source of provision.
May I also inform all of the significance of tonight with respect to the Adab class: we
shall be starting one of the most pressing topics of our time, Bringing up
Children, which has been given pride of place by Imm al-Bukhri as no doubt it
should. Id like to advise all those who are parents or who intend to be very soon to pay
close attention over the next few months to the explanations of the Prophetic
narrations on this vital subject which is in effect our collective future. The class
remains at 7.30pm at Makki Masjid, all welcome, and your duas are requested.
Wa billahi tawfiq.