<html><body> <DIV>My understanding is that "honor killings" are not a muslem issue per se as the practice exists among non muslems' in the Middle East. (e.g. among athe local christian population of the region). SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> This is what I am grappling with. <BR>> The incidents of violence towards women within the muslim immigrant <BR>> community usually have a religious undertone or at least that is how <BR>> it gets reported. I totally agree with you that the violence is <BR>> based on gender discrimination. However, can you totally ignore the <BR>> religious influence? <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>