The Telegraph and just about everyone else ran a story earlier this week about a Turkish girl who was buried alive by her family for talking to boys. It’s sad, it’s unnecessary, it’s frustrating, and it’s baffling that stuff like this still happens in the 21st century. Education levels are still low in many areas throughout the world, and clearly that’s something we need to work on improving.
I’ve been really disappointed at how many people have casually dismissed this incident as “yet another example” of “Islamic” violence, when in fact religion has nothing to do with it. Nothing in the story even indicates that this family is Muslim, and though they may very well be, there’s also the possibility that they aren’t. But there’s a good reason for it not to be mentioned in the article. Honour killings happen even in areas in Turkey where there is a mix of faiths, because the killing is not about religion— it’s about the cultural idea of keeping the “family name” and reputation unsoiled, which happens in many cultures around the world, regardless of the local faith.
When a Christian is found to be abusing his or her children, or committing any other violent crime, no one says, “oh, look, those violent Christians are at it again.” Generally we’re not even made aware of an offender’s religion, unless of course it happens to be Islam, and then Islam is automatically blamed for whatever the violence is. And it’s more than slightly ironic that many of the people who would condemn the beating of a young Muslim girl as an “Islamic” crime, live in countries where many conservative Christians would happily turn a blind eye, or even openly condone the action, if it were a local teenaged boy who was being beaten or killed for being flirtatious with other boys. Violent crime is violent crime, regardless of who the victim is, or who the perpetrator is, or what their faith is, or what the alleged “valid reason” is. This type of ignorance is not particularly a religious issue, it’s a cultural one, and if you think your own culture is immune to it… have a closer look.
what do you think about the christian media`s presenting this as a “Turkish honor killing” while the the murderer and the victim are both Kurds? isn`t it hypocritical that the Kurds immediately turn into Turks when they commit crimes while otherwise it`s considered to be racist to regard to the Kurds as Turks? and doesnt the christian world call that area as Kurdistan? why is it called Turkey when the Kurds in Kurdistan kill their daughters?
I have to say that I`m disgusted by the christian hypocrisy.
Ah, you make an interesting point… to be honest I hadn’t even realised they were Kurdish, because like you said, the media has been saying “Turkish”… very interesting indeed, that.
what do you think about the christian media`s presenting this as a “Turkish honor killing” while the the murderer and the victim are both Kurds? isn`t it hypocritical that the Kurds immediately turn into Turks when they commit crimes while otherwise it`s considered to be racist to regard to the Kurds as Turks? and doesnt the christian world call that area as Kurdistan? why is it called Turkey when the Kurds in Kurdistan kill their daughters?
I have to say that I`m disgusted by the christian hypocrisy.
Ah, you make an interesting point… to be honest I hadn’t even realised they were Kurdish, because like you said, the media has been saying “Turkish”… very interesting indeed, that.
Kahta is a Kurdish province of a Kurdish city(Adiyaman), and the name of the girl is typically Kurdish. If you take a close look at the honor killings in Turkey, you will see that at least 95 percent of these crimes are carried out by either the Kurds in the south east or those who have migrated to the west. That actually points out how the Turkish media differs from the christian media. The Turkish media never points out the ethnicity of criminals because it would be considered as racist, but when the christian media does it no one sees it as discriminatory. again this is the disgusting fact about the christian supremacy. they can do anything and get away with it and still be the ones who are “the good”.
Kahta is a Kurdish province of a Kurdish city(Adiyaman), and the name of the girl is typically Kurdish. If you take a close look at the honor killings in Turkey, you will see that at least 95 percent of these crimes are carried out by either the Kurds in the south east or those who have migrated to the west. That actually points out how the Turkish media differs from the christian media. The Turkish media never points out the ethnicity of criminals because it would be considered as racist, but when the christian media does it no one sees it as discriminatory. again this is the disgusting fact about the christian supremacy. they can do anything and get away with it and still be the ones who are “the good”.