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Category Archives: Honor Killings
Pakistan Vows to Crack Down on Honor Killings
A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Musharraf issued a public call to end honor killings in that country, the BBC reported that two women in were murdered in what were believed to be honor killings. In one incident, a man … Continue reading
Men Sentenced to Jail for Honor Killing in Great Britain
In October, the BBC reported that two men who murdered their cousin in an apparent honor killing in Great Britain were convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Tafarak Hussain and Rafaqat Hussain were convicted of stabbing their 21-year-old … Continue reading
Honor Killings Come to Sweden
As the daughter of Kurdish refugees from Turkey, 26-year-old Fadime Sahindal had to balance the traditional beliefs of her family with the ideas she was exposed to in Sweden. After four years of harassment from family members who were angry … Continue reading
Honor Killing Outrage in Jordan
The BBC reported yesterday that women activists in Jordan are outraged over yet another light sentence for a man convicted of an honor killing. In this case, a man murdered his daughter with “an implement similar to a meat cleaver” … Continue reading
United Nations Highlights Problems of Child Marriage
In March the United Nations Children’s Fund released a report highlighting the continuing worldwide problem of childhood marriage of girls. Childhood marriage is an especially acute problem in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. An extreme case is a country such … Continue reading
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Stop Honor Killings
The other day I was reading a book by an academic feminist who argued, among other things, that the idea that there is a universal code of morality (i.e. there are just things that are plain wrong) is a white … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty International, Jordan, Pakistan
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