I would like to react to the following statement: "As regards the honour killing, it is un-Islamic, as according to Islam,if some one is blamed for fornication, four witnesses have to be produced. This is impossible in all situations. Merely talking to some one, known or unknown, does not qualify killing. It is jealously and needs to be punished. Even false accusation is punishable according to Islam."
For me, this statement is most important in the present discussion because related to culture: it shows how the same culture produces diverse perspectives, and that a perspective allowing oppression can be countered by another perspective taken from the same "culture", forbidding the same form of oppression. It shows the 'political' nature of statements related to culture, and that what we call culture is not fixed, but captured for specific purposes. Values belonging to the same cultural set-up could then be used to counter those which are oppressive in nature. Barbara Curda ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
