Is there Honor in Killing?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0212_020212_honorkilling.html

Honor Killing is a practice in which a man, usually the head of the household, kills a female member of the family if she wants a divorce, refuses to enter an arranged marriage, commits adultery, has insufficient dowry, or is sexually assaulted. It occurs in mainly in the Middle East and Southern Asia (a cultural, not religious practice), but due to immigration, it has been happening everywhere in the world.
For example, last January around New Years Day, two Muslim teenagers were murdered by their father. The sisters both had American boyfriends, who were not Muslim. This is the main reason why this slaughter was a suspected honor killing. Their father still remains at large today.
Culture plays a huge part in human society. It influences how someone thinks, eats, dresses, lives, believes… It teaches them how to “be” in general. While it is good to have cultural diversity, it can also create a problem. Most people have pride in their heritage and its accomplishment. Each nationality has made discoveries and contributed to society. So they may find it difficult to give up a certain practice of their culture, like the honor killings. For example, the killer of the two girls didn’t believe he did anything wrong, perhaps because it is a common cultural practice in the Middle East.
I believe, no matter what the culture or religion, that killing is wrong and immoral. Everyone has the right to live. It makes me indignant that if a woman is raped, which is traumatic and not even her fault, she will be killed unless she has three male witnesses. These killings have most likely stemmed from religion even though it is not a religious practice. In the Koran, women are considered property with no rights.
The article has a very sad, but truthful tone. This is a problem. But with so many other things going on such as global warming, the economy etc. it is seen as a lesser problem. Especially since the war going on is currently IN the place where most of the honor killings occur. Does America care, at the moment, about women being killed in a place we are at war at? Of course not, as heartless as it may sound.
It states the facts as they are. Women are things in some peoples eyes. Property. Baby and pie makers. Woman, your job is this: Don't dishonor the family, stay hidden all the time, and have as many sons as you can. Anything else will be considered insubordination a.k.a "dishonoring the family" and you will be killed. Got it?
But, this article explains that it is not only men who like the idea of kiling women who shame the family. Almost always, women agree and support the decision. The article tells a brief story of Samia Imran who wanted to divorce her violent husband. Her family arrived at the lawyers office, with a male companion who shot and killed her. No one was arrested for her death.
The article also talks about the UN and human activists trying to stop these brutal acts. I'm not so sure they'll be successful. As I said before, people have pride in their culture and most Middle Easteners don't take kindly to those who want to interfere with their cultural practices. Lets just hope that women may be able to avoid this fate, by acting extrememly cautious twenty four hours a day, every day of the rest of their miserable lives.