According to the United Nations, an estimated five thousand women are murdered in the so called “honor killings” every year. For little things like dating a non-Muslim man, like Amina and Sarah Said, to not acting like a traditional Muslim girl; honor killings is one large stain on the cloth of Islam.
How can a religion that has pride itself on the peacefulness and protectiveness human life kill their women and girls? They don’t, at least not how we see it. “Islam is not to blame for the honor killings. “Honor killing" is not an Islamic practice. One of the women interviewed also mentioned this. This is a cultural one.” A young girl told CBC News, her disfigured face shown on TV for all to see what her family has done to her. She went to explain that even Jews and Christians in Jordan, where she resides, “Engage in the sickening