Posts Tagged: honor killing
A Threat to Women in the US or Middle East Is a Threat to Freedom Everywhere
Though some might have missed it, leading media outlet Arab News featured an extraordinary front page last Monday. The lead story on page 1 was topped...
Getting Away with Murder: The Campaign to End Kuwait’s Honor Crimes Law
After her uncle raped her, after she'd discovered she was pregnant, after she had given birth to her uncle's child, after she'd returned home again,...
18-Year-Old Muslim Girl Executed by Family in ‘Honor Killing’
An 18-year-old Syrian Arab girl, Aida Hamoudi Saeedo, was recently executed by firing squad for refusing to marry her cousin. She lived with her parents...
In Texas, an Honor Killer and His Accomplices Finally Face Justice
I will never forget that New Year's Day in 2008 when Egyptian-born taxi driver Yaser Said coldly shot his two beautiful daughters to death in...
Dad’s Arrest Exposes Support Network Behind Alleged Honor Killers
The FBI-led Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force captured Yaser Abdel Said on August 26, 12 years after he allegedly murdered his two teenage daughters in...
Western Governments Play a Key Role in Successful Honor Killing Escapes
If one is in flight to escape being honor killed, what is needed to ensure a successful escape? What kind of woman, who has been...
Palestinian Honor Killings Skyrocket, Israel Blamed
From Al Jazeera: Two teenage Palestinian girls were killed in separate incidents last month in so-called "honour killings", revenge attacks carried out most often by family members...
Honor Killings in Palestinian Authority Territory Double in One Year
JNS.org - Director of Coordination in the Ministry of Women's Affairs for the Palestinian Authority (PA) Nabila Rizq said that the number of...
Canadian Muslims Protest ‘Honor Killing’ Label as Racist
Are they willfully misleading? Or are Canadian Muslims who are fighting federal funding to investigate honor violence simply naïve victims of the same propaganda used...
Islamic Terror and the American Story
Islamic terrorism has been part of the American story, since the first (1801-1805) and the second (1815) U.S. wars against Libya, Tunisia and Algeria-based Muslim...
