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From the standpoint of the deceased it doesn't make much difference. But from a societal standpoint it matters.
Domestic violence is an attack on a spouse and is intended to punish the spouse or to vent anger against the spouse. Such violence arises in the context of a dysfunction power relationship. The key, though, is the purpose of the violence is to attack the immediate victim being the spouse.
Honour killings (or honour violence more generally) involves an attack for the purpose of showing that the actions of the victim are such as to generate punishment. The immediate victim is somewhat irrelevant as the goal is deterrence of others who may be considering such conduct. As the conduct almost always involves the exercise of choice by a woman the deterrence is an attempt to limit rights of women.
As a result honour killings have a broader effect on society and need close scrutiny. Domestic violence is wrong and must be curtailed -- honour killing takes domestic violence to a new height and needs to be rejected even more strongly.
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What is clear that many in the "feminist" movement are turning a blind eye to this difference. I can't quite figure out why.
Some people who describe themselves as progressive on the political scene are also among the ardent deniers.
Perhaps part of it is that the increase in honour killings can be attributed to multiculturalism.
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