By Rana Husseini – Dec 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES
AMMAN — The Iftaa Department on Thursday issued a fatwa prohibiting the murder of women in the name of family honour.
“We received an inquiry from a citizen about Islam’s position regarding the murder of women in so-called honour crimes and we issued a fatwa in that regard,” said the Mufti at the Iftaa Department and Director of the Public Relations and Cooperation Hassan Abu Arqoub.
The cleric told The Jordan Times that the inquiry coincided with Jordan’s marking of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Jordan and “this was a good timing I believe because we are talking here about the right of life”.
The fatwa, according to Abu Arqoub stipulates that it is strictly against Sharia for anyone to kill his female relative claiming family honour.
“Anyone who commits such a crime should be held accountable and should not get a reduced sentence if the victim was a relative or if he/she base the murder on suspicions,” the mufti said.
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