Poll: One in 10 Asian Brits Support Honor Killings

According to BBC Asian Radio Network polling, 10 percent of Asian Brits condone murder of people "who disrespected their family's honor." Of course, only females can be subjected to honor killings since, for some reason, males don't seem to be capable of besmirching a family's honor.

Ten percent of the Asian population in Britain may sound like a small minority but not when it's correlated to actual census data. About four percent of 60 million Brits are classified as minority Asians. This equates to approximately one-quarter million people believing that honor killings are acceptable.

Although the polling was arguably unscientific, the results are meaningful since they show that a significant number of people are vocal supporters of the practice. Personally, I suspect that many, many more people effectively support the practice by not voicing opposition to it.

Companion at The Jawa Report.