Abstract
Literature revealed limited empirical studies on honour killing in Canada. The recent cases drew attention from the media, and the public but less from the academic. Discussion on this issue revolved around immigration, multiculturalism, and violence against immigrant women. Also, it is a manifestation of patriarchy common in most societies, and a form of violence against women not exclusive to one culture but deeply rooted in culture and religion. It is not always the sexual behaviour of the victim that define the 'family honour ‘. Murder, sometimes, is a result of women not following the social rules or the gender norms in the family and the men act to preserve their reputation. To understand honour killing, we need to consider the multiple ources of oppression and think of their intersections and how they affect each other and are intertwined. Keywords: honour, honour killing, Newspapers, violence against immigrant women, culture, Islam, Muslim
Highlights
Literature revealed limited empirical studies on honour killing in Canada
Some authors explained honour killing as a dimension of Islamic or Middle Eastern/South Asian culture that is based on possession of women
The two case are so far the high-profile ones that received extensive coverage by the newspapers and other media in Canada.The findings show that the newspapers coverage of honour killing portrayed the crime as a religious problem rooted in the culture of immigrants (Muslims)
Summary
Violence against women is a global practice that is not exclusive to class, race, religion or sexual orientation (Razack, 2008). 125) offers a fuller, more comprehensive definition: Honour killing is act of violence, usually murder, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonour upon the family. The victim of honour killing is generally a female, related to the perpetrator by blood or by marriage (Hoyek et al, 2005, Welchman& Hossain 2005a; Sen 2005; Baron, 2006). Reddy (2008) contends that even where males are the victims and killed, they are alleged to have ruined females’ reputation Their victimization revolves around attempts to control women’s sexuality (Reddy, 2008) and it can be considered as a particular violence that shows females-women and girls what is likely to happen to them if they do not conform to patriarchal expectations (Reddy, 2008)
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