Pakistan: where the daily slaughter of women barely makes the news
Pakistan Mohammed Hanif The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspaper column Thu 9 May 2019 Pakistani women […]
Jihadi brides, dating and identity: British Muslim women speak out
Adela Suliman | Thomson Reuters Foundation | Published — Tuesday 10 October 2017 LONDON: From a jaded TV chat show host to a Middle Eastern actress who longs to […]
Jordan: Honour crimes anti-Islamic — fatwa
By Rana Husseini – Dec 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Iftaa Department on Thursday issued a fatwa prohibiting the murder of women in the name of family honour. “We received an inquiry from a citizen about Islam’s position regarding the murder of women in so-called honour crimes […]
Two sisters shot dead on the eve of their wedding in latest Pakistan ‘honour’ killing
A man killed his two sisters on the eve of their weddings in Pakistan’s central Punjab province Image Credit: AFP Pakistani activists carry placards during a protest against the murder of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch by her own brother in this file photo. Published: 16:53 July 30, 2016 […]
Sharif pledges to end honour killings
AFP — DAWN.COM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan would eradicate ‘evil’ honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing documentary on the practice. ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’, which follows the story of a rare survivor, was […]
Germany: Pakistani couple gets life in prison for honor killing
tribune.com.pk By AFP / Web Desk Published: December 1, 2015 BERLIN: A German court Tuesday sentenced a Pakistan-born couple to life in jail for the “honour killing” of their 19-year-old daughter, who had had sex before marriage. The 52-year-old father was found guilty of strangling the teenager to death, and the 41-year-old mother was […]
Honour abuse doesn't just happen abroad – it's here on our doorsteps
Telegraph: by Jasvinder Sanghera As the world learns of Farzana Parveen’s fate, a pregnant woman who was stoned and beaten to death by her own family in Lahore, Jasvinder Sanghera calls on the Prime Minister to officially recognise honour abuse here in the UK The world quite rightly has been […]
Honour abuse doesn’t just happen abroad – it’s here on our doorsteps
Telegraph: by Jasvinder Sanghera As the world learns of Farzana Parveen’s fate, a pregnant woman who was stoned and beaten to death by her own family in Lahore, Jasvinder Sanghera calls on the Prime Minister to officially recognise honour abuse here in the UK The world quite rightly has been […]
Domestic violence conference focuses on honor killings
Source: Buffalo News By Matt Spina | News Staff Reporter Right off the bat, the moderator agreed they were about to discuss “not too pleasant a topic for a sunny Sunday afternoon” – domestic violence and its ugly extreme, honor killings. Domestic violence involves one person out to control another, said Deborah […]
UK: Pakistani parents found guilty in ‘honour killing’ of teenage daughter
Pakistani parents found guilty in ‘honour killing’ of teenage daughter Published on Friday August 03, 2012 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1236647–pakistani-parents-found-guilty-in-honour-killing-of-teenage-daughter Martin Rickett/AP A British court found that Iftikhar (above) and Farzana Ahmed, both originally from Pakistan, suffocated their 17-year-old daughter, Shafilea, in 2003. They were ordered Friday to serve a minimum of 25 […]
Man gets life sentence for murdering his married sister
Penalty reduced from death after family dropped charge by Rana Husseini | Mar 19,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — In a relatively rare ruling in an “honour killing” crime, the Criminal Court sentenced the defendant to death and reduced it to life after the family of the victim dropped charges. […]
Islamic Supreme Council of Canada: ‘Honour Killings, Domestic Violence and Misogyny Are Un- Islamic and Major Crimes’
Date: February 4, 2012 (Mississauga) On the blessed day of Eid Milad un Nabi (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him), the thirty four Imams and the Islamic […]
How to stop Honour Killing of Muslim women
Source / Courtesy: Whig Standard Alia Hogben, January 7, 2012 Till we honestly talk about the values underpinning tribal patriarchy and their pervasive influence, our women and girls will continue to suffer simply because they are of the wrong gender. To have this focus does not diminish the suffering of […]