Special Bulletin 2002 Karo Kari TorTora, Siyahkari, Kala Kali “There is no ‘honour’ in killing” National Seminar Report 25 November 2001, Lahore The use of any material from this publication is to be acknowledged. Editors: Nabila Malick, Ishrat Saleem, Insha Hamdani Printed by Arqam, Lahore (2003) Tanslation: Mohammad Ali and Ali Zeeshan For funding we thank: Novib, Norad, SDC and Dfid Published by Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre P.O. Box. 5192, Email:
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[email protected] Peshawar, Pakistan. Glossary diyat blood money payable to the heirs of a victim in case of murder faislo variously used in Sindhi for the resolution of a dispute, a decision and a judgement; also used to describe the traditional system of adjudication/settlement ghairat honour hadith sayings of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) harjana compensation ijtahad interpretation by the Muslim community iwaz compensation in the form of girl or money jirga tribal council kala kali refers to honour killings in Punjab where the victims are accused of illicit relationship (kala being man; kali being woman) karo kari refers to honour killings in Sindh where the victims are accused of illicit relationship (karo being man; kari being woman) khoon-baha blood money kot village mairh a delegation of local notables in Sindh maulvi Muslim cleric mullah Muslim cleric nikah literally conjunction; in law denotes the marriage contract panchayat informal