Canada – Reports on Ottawa “honor killing” of Khatera Sadiqi by her brother
(Canada) ‘Honour killing’ trial hears details of shooting — Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi — Accused in ‘honour killing’ lost control, court told…
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(Pakistan) “Brother kills girl for honour”
(Pakistan) “Brother kills girl for honour” — “Saira Bano, 19, was shot dead by her brother in Mehmoodabad police limits.” — “A teenage girl was…
(Pakistan) Honor Killing in Pakistan takes lives of two men one woman
(Pakistan) Honor Killing in Pakistan takes lives of two men one woman — “Ghulam Hussain Khuhawar the resident of Nazar Muhalla shot dead his wife…
(Pakistan) Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas
(Pakistan) Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas
Pakistan: “honor killings” in Sindh
(Pakistan) Sindh: “In all, 53 honour killings were reported in which 51 women and 13 men were killed, while 20 women were raped/gang-raped in 19…
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Who’d be female under Islamic law?
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Who’d be female under Islamic law?
Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives
Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives — Judge Hamad Al-Razine made the remark “during a seminar on domestic violence” — Al-Razine “also pointed…
(Saudi Arabia) Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride
(Saudi Arabia) Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride — “A 50-year-old Saudi man has agreed to divorce his nine-year-old bride, after the marriage drew international criticism.”…
(Afghanistan) New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls
(Afghanistan) New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls — Taliban using poison gas on Afghan schoolgirls? — 84 Afghan girls hospitalized in apparent poisoning — “At…
Afghani kills daughter, boyfriend
Afghani kills daughter, boyfriend — “The motive for the murders was likely to protect family ‘honour’. Similar killings are common in rural Afghanistan but rarely…