Causes

The main causes of Honour Killings is the belief that women are just pieces of property who cannot function by themselves in society. When in the cultures where honour killings occur the whole village has a universal view on women and how they should be treated. One women who chose to keep her identity protected stated "If you have a free soul you cannot be honourable" (www.stophonorkillings.com).  Honour is directly connected with actions therefore the woman has to behave in a socially acceptable way, which is defined in  different ways from city to city and even country to country. The government rarely intervenes in these killings because of their beliefs and values, if they are convinced that a woman has committed an act of dishonour they belive she should be punished as well. A lot of people believe that honour killings are directly related to Muslim culture because honour killings mostly occur in Islamic countries but the Qua-ran does state that women have equal rights. Honour killings need to be punished the same as murder in the countries in which it occurs.