The role of the customary council in eliminating the phenomenon of revenge in the rural society: A field study on the customary council in a village in Sohag governorate, Egypt

This study aimed at identifying the role of the customary council to eliminate the phenomenon of revenge in rural community, Identify problems occurring during reconciliation between both sides of revenge. Finally, access to the most important proposals to confront the phenomenon of revenge. For the purposes of this study, the focus group method was used to determine the size of the 12 research subjects in the village of Al-Danakala, Al-Manshah district, Sohag governorate, Egypt. The study was used to analyze the data of this study in the questionnaire method by personal interview, and used to analyze the data of this study frequency, percentage, mean, reference, standard deviation and test K². The main findings of the study were as follows:
 
1-        Most of the respondents have a high degree of proficiency in dialogue and discussion as well as their ability to influence others. The weighted average of them is 30.8 degrees, 30.7 degrees.
2-        The most important roles of the members of the Council are: taking pledges on the opponents after provoking the problem once again, and spreading tolerance among the members of society and eliminating the reasons that renew the problem again.
3-        The two most important problems faced by Customary Council of Peace in resolving the problem of revenge between two families are: non-compliance with the decisions of the council, and replaced by the law, followed by bargaining millions for reconciliation (impossible conditions).
 
The study recommends to eliminate the phenomenon of revenge is:
1-        Work to instill the values ​​of religious and moral and customary right in the minds of young people.
2-        The effective presence of the security services and the judiciary in order to resolve matters from the beginning.
3-        Tighten the penalty for those who kill non-killer.