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To: hdl who wrote (9293)11/26/2001 4:10:44 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 23908
 
it wasn't long ago that juries wouldn't convict in texas under those circumstances

True. But the Western tradition always differed in considering the woman as a person, not just a vessel for a man's honor. So they would allow a husband to kill as punishment for actual adultery (a sin), but not for a husband's unfounded jealousy. Furthermore, it was never allowable to kill a wife because she had been raped -- it was only allowed to kill the rapist. In the Arab tradition, it doesn't make much difference whether a woman consents to extramarital sex or not -- the vessel has still been broken, and must be destroyed to salvage the family honor.
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