Talk:Kanun
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[edit] Merging
Kanun is also the name of a Turkish musical instrument. Hopefully this will show in wiki in the future. In that event, Kanun should be a separate entry to different from it's alternative meaning of "law".
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- That could be covered under Kanun (musical instrument) --Asterion 14:52, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
... seems like a splendid idea, however I for one would favour keeping the shorter title Kanun and redirecting the full original version Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit. Yes? //Big Adamsky 20:21, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
I agree that these articles should be merged. Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit is the Albanian name for this code. In English this is normally translated as 'The Kanun of Lek Dukagjin'. Surely in the English language Wikipedia, article titles should be in English, so while I agree that Kanun is the more appropriately named of the two articles, I would suggest naming the merged article Kanun of Lek Dukagjin. Mattwhiteski 15:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
I would develop this idea even further; I believe that this short paragraph entitled "Kanun" should be scrapped altogether as it renders a fallacious description of Kanun. First of all, it is nothing like the italian vendeta. Kanun is a body of collective administative regulations, which can be compared with something like a coarse constitution. Vendetta is only one aspect and not the entirety of the code. Secondly and most importantly, and I think this escapes most people, Kanun in fact tries to restrict as much as possible and whenever it can the blood-feud. It envisions financial retributions, the uprooting of the offender or the stripping of a family assets and so on and forth. Only for major crimes against honor blood is allowed to be spilled. A further retstriction is the fact that blood must be forgiven in times of war, and considering the history of Albania, perpetually fighting, this restriction is not a minor one. There are various levels and degrees on punishment of the offender. Killing is the very top of the lader and not the standard punishment On the contrary is the people that have perverted, twisted and adulterated the Kanun, as far as understanding it. I think we should post a true account of the Kanun. In regard to the name - change it if you will Best Regards- navisliburnia
[edit] Blood feuds
I agree with navisliburnia. An article on Albanian blood feuds (Gjakmarrja) should be started instead. In the meantime I redirected this to the main Blood feud article. Regards, --Asterion 02:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Done! --Asterion 14:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
