http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/honorkillings/ en-us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:06:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071067/posts * Baloch senator Israrullah Zehri says members should not politicise issue ISLAMABAD: The killing of women for honour is a demand of the tribal traditions, Balochistan Senator Israrullah Zehri informed the Senate on Friday. Zehri was responding to Senator Yasmeen Shah’s statement in which she had drawn the House’s attention towards reports that five women had been buried alive in Balochistan in the name of honour. She called it a sheer violation of human rights. Zehri asked the members not to politicise the issue, as it was a matter of safeguarding the tribal traditions. Leader of the Opposition in Senate... Daily Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071067/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:06:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071072/posts ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Balochistan Senator Sardar Israrullah Zehri stunned the upper house on Friday when he defended the recent incident of burying alive three teenage girls and two women in his province, saying it was part of “our tribal custom.” Senator Bibi Yasmin Shah of the PML-Q raised the issue citing a newspaper report that the girls, three of them aged between 16 and 18 years, had been buried alive a month ago for wishing to marry of their own will. The barbaric incident took place in a remote village of Jafarabad district and a PPP minister and some... Dawn.com (Islamabad) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071072/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060075/posts Quite a feat: CNN has pulled off the MSM equivalent of describing a spiral staircase without using one's hands. It has managed to produce a segment on "honor killings" and related violence in the UK . . . without using the word "Muslim" or "Islam." CNN Newsroom anchor Don Lemon introduced the segment this afternoon at 1:37 PM EDT. DON LEMON: Women forced into marriages, or killed for having the wrong boyfriend. So-called "honor crimes" are often committed by fathers or brothers when daughters do something that supposedly brings shame on the family. It's on the rise in Britain, and... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060075/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052225/posts Murder in the Family: Honor Killings in America When she was just 19, Sandeela Kanwal traveled from America to Pakistan for an arranged marriage to a cousin twice her age. Less than six years later, she was dead — strangled — and her father, Chaudhry Rashid, was arrested by police as the suspect for what some have called an "honor killing." After their marriage, Kanwal had lived in the United States apart from her husband, who remained in Pakistan. She was reunited with him in April at her family home in Atlanta, but he moved to Chicago days later, leaving... http://www.foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052225/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045940/posts honor killings has so far shown that little if any social stigma is attached to the act. 100 percent say they do not regret their actions, Professor BaÄŸlı notes. In some cases, the victimÂ’s relatives even praised the perpetrator... cheating is an unforgivable act in the Southeast, even for a woman who “cheats” after divorcing her husband by remarrying. “The ultimate punishment in such a situation is death. Both the groomÂ’s and the brideÂ’s families agree on this. Murder becomes inevitable when honor is at stake and turning to murder in such a situation is seen as a respectable act... Feza Newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045940/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045454/posts Afghanistan is once again in the news with the horrific bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul. Violence has remained a motif in a country trying hard to build a peaceful civil society. Everyone pays for this continuing violence — men, women and children — not just with their lives but also through the abysmal quality of their lives if and when they do survive. Although some things have improved in Afghanistan since the Taliban regime was removed, much remains difficult to tackle, not least the problems women face. Hamid Karzai’s government has set up a Ministry of Women’s Affairs... The Hindu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045454/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:44:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023727/posts German red tape and a lack of will on the part of officialdom is putting some Muslim women in a very dangerous position. Instead of protecting them from the threat of honor killings, some of the bureaucracy actually increases the risk. The little girl with the pigtails stands at the window staring into the green courtyard. She wants to go outside with her mother to play. "No," the young woman says, "it just rained." In truth, the sun was shining on the major western German city last Wednesday. But the mother is trying to shield her four-year-old daughter from the... Spiegel Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023727/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 21:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008376/posts By Victoria Ward April 28, 2008 An Iraqi who murdered his teenage daughter for falling in love with a British soldier will not face charges. Rand Abdel-Qader, 17, had grown close to a blond infantryman known only as Paul in Basra. When her father Ali Abdel-Qader found out, he went berserk, beating her and stamping on her throat in an "honour killing". But astonishingly Ali - who has Basra government and police links - was released after being held for two hours. Sgt Ali Jabbar said: "Not much can be done when we have an honour killing. You are in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008376/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:50:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014271/posts Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant - and how police backed his actions. Afif Sarhan in Basra and Caroline Davies report * Afif Sarhan in Basra and Caroline Davies * The Observer, * Sunday May 11 2008 For Abdel-Qader Ali there is only one regret: that he did not kill his daughter at birth. 'If I had realised then what she would become, I would have killed her... guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014271/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 02:11:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014269/posts Two weeks after The Observer revealed the shocking story of Rand Abdel-Qader, 17, murdered because of her infatuation with a British solider in Basra, southern Iraq, her father is defiant. Sitting in the front garden of his well-kept home in the city's Al-Fursi district, he remains a free man, despite having stamped on, suffocated and then stabbed his student daughter to death. Abdel-Qader, 46, a government employee, was initially arrested but released after two hours. Astonishingly, he said, police congratulated him on what he had done. 'They are men and know what honour is,' he said. Rand, who was studying... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014269/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 02:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010778/posts In the past four months, six Muslim women living in Berlin have been brutally murdered by family members. Their crime? Trying to break free and live Western lifestyles. Within their communities, the killers are revered as heroes for preserving their family dignity. How can such a horrific and shockingly archaic practice be flourishing in the heart of Europe? The deaths have sparked momentary outrage, but will they change the grim reality for Muslim women? The shots came from nowhere and within minutes the young Turkish mother standing at the Berlin bus stop was dead. A telephone call from a relative... SPIEGEL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010778/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 18:45:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994186/posts Efforts to toughen sentences meet opposition from Islamists. The country’s powerful Islamic parties and leaders are resisting reform of a law that sanctions lenient punishments for those found guilty of so-called honour killings. Article 111 of the Iraqi penal code - passed in 1969 - allows a lesser punishment for the killing of women if the male defendants are found to have had “honourable motives”. Under the law, a man can receive a maximum of three years in prison if he immediately kills or disables his wife or girlfriend after witnessing her engaging in a sexual act with another man.... Stophonourkillings.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994186/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:20:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts Is the U.S. Failing in Afghanistan? It was malice in wonderland at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday as Bush Administration envoys insisted things are getting better in Afghanistan, while angry lawmakers from both parties cited facts and figures showing just the opposite. Even the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar, found the Administration's claims wanting. "I'm not sure that we have a plan for Afghanistan," he said. Long seen as the "forgotten war" eclipsed by Iraq in U.S. priorities, Afghanistan is in the Washington spotlight this week with the release of three independent reports concluding... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 02:55:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969332/posts It is seven months since Du’aa was stoned to death by a mob in the Kurdish hillside village of Basshiqa, northern Iraq ...Du’aa was taken to the home of Sheikh Sulaiman Sulaiman, the senior Yazidi figure in the village. ...A 65-year-old uncle, Salim, a science teacher, backed the head of their tribe, Omar Hamko, 73, in demanding that she be killed to “cleanse the family honour”. Her father would not countenance it. He proposed that she be married to a cousin and moved to Syria. ...When the uncle insisted that he would decide Du’aa’s fate as the elder sibling and... Kurdish Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969332/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964483/posts Police and authorities 'afraid to act against honour crimes in case they are called racist', claims reportBy CHARLOTTE GILL - More by this author » Last updated at 01:01am on 4th February 2008 Lured to India and killed: Surjit Kaur Athwal Teachers, police and councils are afraid to take action against so-called honour crimes for fear of being accused of racism, it is claimed. Women are also being betrayed by community figures who believe those who break traditional taboos deserve to be punished, the report found.  Researchers say taxi drivers, police and government workers of Asian origin are returning women... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964483/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 04:36:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964131/posts Some Asians in the police and in Government jobs have been accused of blocking the crackdown against so-called honour killings. It is alleged they are not only failing to help desperate women trying to flee abuse and arranged marriages but are actively encouraging punishment for those they believe are breaking traditional taboos. Terrified victims who seek official help are even being tracked down by a network of Asian men working in Government departments and social services, according to a study written by the think-tank Social Cohesion. One woman was found by her family after she signed on at a Jobcentre... Dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964131/posts#comment Sun, 3 Feb 2008 09:06:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952328/posts Amina Said, 18, and her sister Sarah, 17, smile happily in one widely circulating photo, and Amina is wearing what looks like a sweatshirt bearing the name “AMERICAN.” But their fate may have been the herald of a new, disquieting feature of the American landscape: honor killing. Amina and Sarah were shot dead in Irving, Texas, on New Year’s Day. Police are searching for their father, Yaser Abdel Said, on a warrant for capital murder. The girls’ great aunt, Gail Gartrell, told reporters, “This was an honor killing.” She explained that Yaser Said had long abused the girls, and after... Human Events. com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952328/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:23:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950672/posts he parents of a 17-year-old girl whose badly decomposed body was found in a river may have been trying to force her into marriage against her will, an inquest heard yesterday. Shafilea Ahmed disappeared from her home in Warrington, Cheshire, four months after a family trip to Pakistan, on which she was introduced to a potential suitor. During the holiday she drank bleach and self-harmed in an apparent cry for help. The inquest was also told of reports that she had been subjected to domestic abuse at home. Police launched a murder inquiry after her body was found concealed in... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950672/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2008 05:43:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949175/posts ...Sarah and Amina Yaser Said were buried in a Muslim cemetery in Denton on Saturday....Their Christian funeral service Saturday – followed by a Muslim service later in the day – served as a reminder of the promise their short lives held and the needless tragedy of their deaths. Police believe they were killed by their father, a 50-year-old cabdriver. And the police presence was a reminder that the girls' Egyptian-born father, Yaser Abdel Said, is still on the run. Amina, 18, and Sarah Yaser Said, 17, were found shot to death in a taxi at an Irving motel Tuesday night....... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949175/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948361/posts A manhunt in Texas continued Friday for a father accused of shooting his teen daughters and leaving them to die in a taxi. Yaser Abdel Said, 50, of Lewisville, Texas, is wanted for shooting Sarah Yaser Said, 17, and Amina Yaser Said, 18, in his taxi Tuesday night. Police say they don't have a motive for the shootings, but believe a domestic issue may have led to the deaths. Friends gathered Thursday night for a vigil to remember the sisters. The girls' mother, who has been in hiding since the shootings, attended. The victims' brother made a statement at the... fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948361/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947540/posts Father May Have Killed Daughters For 'Honor' Last Edited: Wednesday, 02 Jan 2008, 8:21 PM CST Created: Wednesday, 02 Jan 2008, 7:02 AM CST RVING, Texas -- A Dallas-area father may have shot his two teenage daughters to death because their Westernized clothes and behavior brought him shame, family members say. Police are still looking for 50-year-old Yaser Said of Lewisville. Tuesday night they found his abandonded taxicab parked near an Irving hotel with his two daughters murdered in the back seat. Investigators say either Sarah Yaser Said, 17, or Amina Yaser Said, 18, called 911 around 7:30 p.m., saying... MyFOXDFW http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947540/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jan 2008 05:39:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941513/posts Challenge: Who will create the Aqsa Parvez Shelter for battered Muslim women? By Michelle Malkin  •  December 18, 2007 10:16 AM Phyllis Chesler at PJM challenges the multiculti cult and feminists to create battered Muslim women shelters to memorialize the murder of teenager Aqsa Parvez: In The Death of Feminism: What’s Next in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom, I recount examples of Muslim families both in the West and in the Islamic East who trick their daughters into returning home so that they can kill them.In Aqsa’s case, within weeks, she ran away from home a second time.At this point, she really... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941513/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:34:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914817/posts She is short, powerful and understated. And at one time, she was underestimated. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear her perspective on some issues when she spoke Sunday at an Atlanta synagogue. It matters that women and minorities are on the high court — if only for the public get equal access to the bathroom, she said in one of the lighter moments of her talk. The court itself, while collegial, has entered a period of turbulence with a series of 5-4 decisions that started with Bush v. Gore, the decision that ended the 2000 presidential election... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914817/posts#comment Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914242/posts Nazanin, 17,  was sentenced to death by hanging for defending herself against three rapists.  A young girl who defended herself and her chastity against three male assailants who intended to kidnap and rape her causing injury to one of them who later died in hospital was condemned to death by hanging in an Islamic court in Iran.Nazanin who has seen no more than 17 Springs, all of which under the tyrannical rule of the Mullahs is now facing execution for trying to defend herself and her honor.  No where in the world and under no law self defense is considered... SocialDailyNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914242/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:21:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912884/posts The Violent Oppression of Women in Islam   By Robert Spencer and Phyllis Chesler FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, October 05, 2007 The booklet that you are about to read details some of the principal ways in which women suffer in the Islamic world – often with religious and cultural sanction. Many of these crimes against women, such as wife-beating, are ordained by the Qur’an itself; others, such as female genital mutilation and honor killing, are praised by Islamic clerics and hallowed by Islamic culture. That feminists in the West remain silent about this deeply ingrained and institutionalized mistreatment of women,... FrontPage http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912884/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:52:10 GMT