{"id":1141,"date":"2016-07-20T20:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2023-05-31T18:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:48:16","slug":"ipso-mail-online-wrong-use-islamic-honour-killing-headline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/2016\/07\/20\/ipso-mail-online-wrong-use-islamic-honour-killing-headline\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipso: Mail Online wrong to use ‘Islamic honour killing’ in headline"},"content":{"rendered":"

A headline referring to an \u201cIslamic honour killing\u201d in Luton wrongly suggested that the crime had been motivated by religion.
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\"PoweredThis article titled “Ipso: Mail Online wrong to use ‘Islamic honour killing’ in headline” was written by Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent, for theguardian.com on Wednesday 20th July 2016 13.18 UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

A headline referring to an \u201cIslamic honour killing\u201d wrongly suggested that the crime had been motivated by religion, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has ruled<\/a> following a complaint against the Mail Online.<\/p>\n

The press watchdog said the phrase \u201cIslamic honour killing\u201d suggested that \u201cthe killing had been motivated by Islam, when there was no basis for saying that religion had played a role in this killing\u201d.<\/p>\n

It rejected the Mail Online\u2019s explanation that \u201cin this context, \u2018Islamic\u2019 had simply referred to the religion of those involved\u201d.<\/p>\n

The article concerned the killing of Saima Khan in Luton in May while most of her family were attending a funeral at a nearby mosque. Khan\u2019s sister was subsequently charged with murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original headline on the Mail Online story reporting the murder was \u201cMother of four stabbed to death while her family were at a funeral \u2018may have been murdered in Islamic honour killing\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

A complaint was lodged by Miqdaad Versi, assistant general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain but acting in a personal capacity, who said said \u201chonour killings\u201d were rooted in culture not religion.<\/p>\n

Versi said that Islamic referred to Islam as a faith, whereas Muslim related to an individual.<\/p>\n

According to Ipso, the Mail Online<\/a> said its headline indicated that the killing may have been related to the religion of those concerned. It did not accept that the phrase \u201cIslamic honour killing\u201d would have suggested to readers that honour killings are approved of by Islam, Ipso said.<\/p>\n

However, the publication offered to remove the word \u201cIslamic\u201d from the headline and publish an explanatory footnote to the story.<\/p>\n

Versi declined the offer, instead asking Ipso to adjudicate.<\/p>\n

He told the Guardian: \u201cIt is vital that news outlets do not encourage Islamophobia through the usage of clearly inaccurate and inflammatory headlines, especially in today\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonour killings are barbaric acts based in culture and not in faith. The Ipso ruling demonstrates unequivocally that the usage of \u2018Islamic honour killing\u2019 constituted a significant breach in the editors\u2019 code.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the ruling, the Mail Online amended its headline<\/a> to \u201cMother of four stabbed to death while her family were at a funeral \u2018may have been murdered in honour killing\u2019\u201d, and added a footnote stating: \u201cAn earlier version of this article said that police were investigating whether Ms Khan may have been murdered in an \u2018Islamic honour killing\u2019. We are happy to make clear that Islam as a religion does not support so-called \u2018honour killings\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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