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Stoning to death of adulterers is not honour killing.
Honour killings are not part of Sharia law, they are remnants of tribal customs (as is female circumcision)
I know that Hadd offences include the death penalty - including such barbaric customs as stoning for adultery - but they are not necessarily imposed by every Islamic country.
They are the equivilant of the punishments laid down in Leviticus, which no Christian country (as far as I know) now follows. Or Israel for that matter. Of course I am opposed to the carrying out of Hadd penalties. But then I'm also anti capital and corporal punishment.
I am also against any country which is not predominantly Muslim accepting Sharia Law. But if you take out the Hadd penalties (which many countries do) it can actually benefit women in some parts of the world, as the Koran was very progressive regarding women's rights. More progressive than the Bible anyway. As I said, as an atheist I'm not much for following any religious law, but I'm also sensible enough not to accept it tempered with human rights and a fair justice system.
But then can any country really stand behind its justice system and say no mistakes are made?
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