> Do other UK communities have a concept of "honour killings"?
Honour killings are far rarer - only about a dozen a year are reported in the UK. Most "honour" attacks are violent but not deadly. But both Hindu and Sikh communities at least have had issues with both "honour" violence and specifically "honour killings". E.g. here's a case of a Sikh man being convicted for a "honour killing" [1].
> Any support for this? For example in Pakistan are "honour" attacks equally prevalent across all religious beliefs?
I did not suggest they were equally prevalent, but that location/culture is a stronger predictor that religion.
This plays out both in what you yourself have pointed to, namely that countries like Pakistan have substantially larger problems with it than many other predominantly muslim countries, but even within Pakistan you'll find large regional differences, and the same in India where honour violence has been on the rise in recent years but is predominantly correlated to caste, not religion, though it certainly is a problem among both Hindus and Sikhs too. South Asia as a whole have had a significant problem with it, but with large regional variation. E.g in Pakistan it is a problem of tribal culture that remains far stronger in rural areas.
As an indicator that this is about culture rather than religion, here is a case of a Pakistani Christian carrying out a "honour killing" [2]. While the article also point out that Christian "honour" killings are extremely rare in Pakistan, it goes on to say:
> "Unfortunately, I do hear about cases of where Christian daughters are beaten for marrying individuals not approved by the family," Stark wrote. "Again, I have not heard of a Christian family performing an honor killing because their daughter had married someone that was not approved by the family. That is really rare."
But remember that Christian parts of Europe too have had problems with "honour" based violence. Until 1981, "honour" was a mitigating circumstance to murder in the Italian penal code, for example.
Honour killings are far rarer - only about a dozen a year are reported in the UK. Most "honour" attacks are violent but not deadly. But both Hindu and Sikh communities at least have had issues with both "honour" violence and specifically "honour killings". E.g. here's a case of a Sikh man being convicted for a "honour killing" [1].
> Any support for this? For example in Pakistan are "honour" attacks equally prevalent across all religious beliefs?
I did not suggest they were equally prevalent, but that location/culture is a stronger predictor that religion.
This plays out both in what you yourself have pointed to, namely that countries like Pakistan have substantially larger problems with it than many other predominantly muslim countries, but even within Pakistan you'll find large regional differences, and the same in India where honour violence has been on the rise in recent years but is predominantly correlated to caste, not religion, though it certainly is a problem among both Hindus and Sikhs too. South Asia as a whole have had a significant problem with it, but with large regional variation. E.g in Pakistan it is a problem of tribal culture that remains far stronger in rural areas.
As an indicator that this is about culture rather than religion, here is a case of a Pakistani Christian carrying out a "honour killing" [2]. While the article also point out that Christian "honour" killings are extremely rare in Pakistan, it goes on to say:
> "Unfortunately, I do hear about cases of where Christian daughters are beaten for marrying individuals not approved by the family," Stark wrote. "Again, I have not heard of a Christian family performing an honor killing because their daughter had married someone that was not approved by the family. That is really rare."
But remember that Christian parts of Europe too have had problems with "honour" based violence. Until 1981, "honour" was a mitigating circumstance to murder in the Italian penal code, for example.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-12431942 [2] https://www.christianpost.com/news/pakistani-man-beats-siste...