Honor killing of a 17-year-old girl in the “Northern West Bank.” At least the perpetrator was arrested. What kind of punishment he gets remains to be seen; honor killers have all too often gotten off very lightly. “Palestinian kills sister,” from AFP, with thanks to Twostellas: Al Ayyam daily said the teenager was strangled by […]
UK: Honor killing over love song dedication
From The Sun, with thanks to Filtrat: A YOUNG Asian woman was murdered for bringing disgrace on her family — after they heard a love song had been dedicated to her on a radio station, cops said yesterday. The so-called honour killing was probed by West Yorkshire Police — but they met a wall of […]
We Are All Souad
The stupendously insightful and courageous Jamie Glazov at FrontPage uses the horrifying story of Souad, who survived an attempted honor killing, to remind us once again why we fight: Islamic fundamentalists know — all too well — that the only way their cultures will survive is for one half of the human race to remain […]
Britain: ‘Deport me and I die’
Farhat Khan with supporters A Pakistani woman in Britain says that if she is deported, she will be the victim of an honor killing back home. This is just the sort of thing British authorities should be proud to do: give this woman, if her story is true, a refuge in a society that upholds […]
Turk held for “honour killing” of raped teen daughter
Another honor killing, this time in Turkey. From rejected a law stiffening penalties for honor killings because Islamic hardliners, according to Al-Jazeera, “said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.”
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New York: Man killed wife for ‘honor,’ he tells cops
Outside the apartment complex where the Pelteks lived (WHEC) An honor killing in Scottsville, New York. What was the dishonor? Well, part of it was that his four-year-old daughter had been “sullied” by a gynecological exam. For this she had to be killed. From the LGF: April 24, 2004) — Ismail Peltek, who was indicted […]
Muslim kills sister to uphold ‘honor’
Jordanians protest parliament’s rejection of honor killings law Remember, WND, : A Muslim Jordanian man stabbed to death his pregnant sister because she married an Egyptian man against the family’s wishes. Investigators arriving at the scene Tuesday said the suspect told them “he killed his sibling to cleanse the family’s honor using a kitchen knife,” […]
Attempted honor killing in Scotland
“A devout Muslim who tried to hire a hitman to avenge a perceived stain on his family’s honour was facing a possible lengthy jail term yesterday after being found guilty of incitement to murder.” “Mohammed Arshad, 49, a businessman and leading member of the Tayside Asian community, was outraged by his daughter’s secret wedding and […]