— Daily Telegraph: “Queen Rania of Jordan takes on hardliners over honour killings”
— Daily Telegraph reports: “Queen Rania, who regularly appears without head-scarf, let alone hijab, has given her quiet support to women’s rights groups who want to change laws amounting to legal impunity for men involved in honour killings.”
— “Standing against her is another symbol of the country’s attempts to show a progressive face. Jordan’s MPs, who have been given more power to hold the government and royal family to account than in other Arab countries, have shown little enthusiasm for the moves.”
— ” ‘This whole issue is being exaggerated, and the reason behind it is not innocent,’ said Sheikh Hamza Mansour, leader of the parliament’s Islamic Action Front. His coalition of Islamist and tribal representatives has so far blocked an attempt to introduce tougher sentences for men who have killed their sisters and daughters for bringing ‘shame’ on their families.”

— R.E.A.L. reports on Jordan and regular Jordanian “honor killings” of women