The HAQI Project: Honor Crimes

Abstract

Imagine a world where if you kill a human being in the name of ‘honor,’ you will be sentenced to jail only for a few months. Imagine a world where some people do not even serve a sentence in the name of ‘honor.’ Imagine the number of people who hide behind a law that protects these acts and even encourages them to continue doing so, instead of eliminating and punishing the murderers. I was raised in an open-minded family, where I always thought of the world as a peaceful place where all bad things only happen on TV. I understand there are some problems in my country, such as inequality between genders and murders and thefts, yet I never took them seriously.