Comments on: Waiting in France for a fatwa against forced marriages http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/03/waiting-in-france-for-a-fatwa-against-forced-marriages/ Religion, faith and ethics Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: lark http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/03/waiting-in-france-for-a-fatwa-against-forced-marriages/comment-page-1/#comment-15247 lark Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:21:15 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=7849#comment-15247 "Forced marriage" is a euphemism, in the same way that "honor killing" is a euphemism. The latter is a murder. The term "honor killing" should never be used, because killing is something farmers do to livestock. The term for killing humans, outside of armed conflict, is murder, period. Similarly, the term for "forced marriage" is kidnapping and rape. These families should be prosecuted for kidnapping and rape. That would stop this horrible practice. “Forced marriage” is a euphemism, in the same way that “honor killing” is a euphemism. The latter is a murder. The term “honor killing” should never be used, because killing is something farmers do to livestock. The term for killing humans, outside of armed conflict, is murder, period.

Similarly, the term for “forced marriage” is kidnapping and rape.

These families should be prosecuted for kidnapping and rape. That would stop this horrible practice.

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