Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Stop the presses: Syrian sheikh
declares honor killings wrong!  What does it say that when an
ounce of sanity comes to the Muslim world - it is newsworthy?
Following are excerpts from an address by Syrian Sunni cleric
Karim Rajeh, which aired on Al-Hiwar TV on January 27, 2013.
Karim Rajeh: It has come to my attention that some of those who
claim to manifest manhood and honor, upon learning that one of
their daughters has been raped by criminals and shabiha during
this revolution, permit the killing of that daughter. They
consider such killings to be a matter of honor, and they believe
that if they allow these daughters to remain alive, they
themselves will be left without honor.  I hereby issue a
religious ruling, and declare, loud and clear, that anybody who
does such a thing is himself without honor. He lacks reason, and
is a fool, who understands nothing, while the girl is one of the
more noble people – if not the most noble of all. She heroically
defended her honor and her d