A Warning to Would-Be Honor Killers

Let us hope that the Danish example will be studied and adopted by many countries. The law of the land should always be stronger than some 'religious fanaticism'.
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A Warning to Would-Be Honor Killers
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In the first case of its kind in Western Europe, a Danish court has prosecuted an entire family for the honor-killing of an 18-year-old Pakistani immigrant. Will the case set a precedent for other European countries dealing with similar incidents?
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Members of Ghazala Khan's immediate and extended family were involved in the plot to kill her.
The ruling was as historic. Last week, a court in Copenhagen practically convicted an entire family for the role it played in planning and executing the honor-killing of 18-year-old Ghazala Khan. It could set a precedent for the rest of Europe as countries seek to mete out punishment for similar crimes.
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The Danish court sentenced the Pakistani immigrant's father to life in prison for his influential role as patriarch in the planning of the murder. The brother who actually carried out the act of murdering Khan has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Other family members were also slapped with long prison sentences for the role they played in the crime.
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The trial rivetted Danes and also drew major international attention. Denmark's Berlingske Tidende called the convictions a "sensation," and the daily Jydske Vestkysten called it a "historic one for the entire world."
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http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,425023,00.html