By Supna Zaidi
Honor Killings get a lot of attention in Europe, especially the UK and Germany, but what about the US? Honor Killings are murders committed to maintain family honor and dignity by fathers, brothers, and husbands against wives, and daughters after any perceived slight usually related to the woman’s sexuality or sexual life.
Such a premeditated, backwards crime not only gathers little attention in the American media, it is not recognized for its mysoginist roots by the hate crime laws at the federal or state level. The United States must make a very public statement against such foreign and barbaric practices before honor killings become as common here as it now is in Europe. Consider the following examples:
On July 7, 2008, it was reported that Twenty-five-year-old Sandeela Kanwal was killed by her father in Jonesboro, Georgia. Her father, Chaudhry Rashid, 54, strangled her at home because she had been asking his permission for a divorce from her arranged marriage for months. Read more ...
Honor Killings get a lot of attention in Europe, especially the UK and Germany, but what about the US? Honor Killings are murders committed to maintain family honor and dignity by fathers, brothers, and husbands against wives, and daughters after any perceived slight usually related to the woman’s sexuality or sexual life.
Such a premeditated, backwards crime not only gathers little attention in the American media, it is not recognized for its mysoginist roots by the hate crime laws at the federal or state level. The United States must make a very public statement against such foreign and barbaric practices before honor killings become as common here as it now is in Europe. Consider the following examples:
On July 7, 2008, it was reported that Twenty-five-year-old Sandeela Kanwal was killed by her father in Jonesboro, Georgia. Her father, Chaudhry Rashid, 54, strangled her at home because she had been asking his permission for a divorce from her arranged marriage for months. Read more ...
Source: Muslim World Today
Latest recipient of The MASH Award
Posts
