Unfortunately this is very common in Iraq. With the kurds as well. One time I told a kurdish friend of mine (educated and very modern) about some of the things I got up to as a kid (nothing serious) and she was so horrified it would happen to her daughter (no judgement of me) she moved back to Iraq for a year.

I very much saw in her the mentality people have when they talk about family honour and honour killings. It is very sad that people justify their actions or are so paranoid about their daughters when they have no problem to go against the basic fundamentals of their religion in daily life. (like shirk). Whats worse is that it usually only applies to women and men are patted on the back for such things.

Although I am not aware this would take one out of the fold of Islam! Murder is certainly one of the major sins.

Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi