Showing posts with label Domestic Violence. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Husband Charged in Murder of Sterling Heights Woman

By ROOP RAJ

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. A man faced a judge in Sterling Heights on Tuesday, charged with murdering his wife. FOX 2 spoke to those close to the victim, who say domestic violence should not be taken lightly.

As friends and family remember the life of a 25-year-old woman in Sterling Heights that was stabbed to death in her own home, her own husband was charged with her murder.

22-year-old Mohammed Chowdhury was charged Tuesday afternoon with his wife's murder. He called 9-1-1 on Monday, saying a group broke into the apartment and killed his wife. Police say the story didn't add up.

"Told a variety of stories to police officers and the family shortly after the incident had occured. Ultimately, it appears now that he is soley responsible," said Sterling Heights Police Lt. Robert Henigan.

"She was one girl that I wanted to be," said Sumaiah Ahmed. "Either you want to be with her, you want to be friends with her."

Friends of the victim just spent time with her nine days ago. They knew the University of Michigan-Dearborn student well. They didn't want to show her picture on television out of respect to the family.

"She's always smiling and stuff. You (would) never see any pain or anything," said Mahmuda Begum.

Her friends didn't know her husband very well, but are hoping to spread awareness about domestic abuse. Police had been to their place before.

"(As) Muslim (girls) living here, there's a lot of pressure on us... but it's okay," Begum said. "There are people like us who are here to help you."

Chowdhury will appear in court again on October ninth for a preliminary hearing.

Source: Fox





Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Human rights before religion

Seyran Ates

Have we forgotten to protect women in our bid to accommodate practices carried out in the name of Islam?

Worldwide, women and children are among those most affected by human rights abuses; women and children make up the majority of victims of domestic violence; it is mainly women and girls who are deprived of an education, or even denied an appropriate position in the labour market despite a good education; political opportunities for women are still minimal, despite active and passive suffrage.

This is the case regardless of culture or religion. In this sense, achieving gender equality is one of the greatest political challenges of our century.

This standardised picture requires one qualification. Without wishing to relativise violence and human rights abuses or create a hierarchy, there are grave differences between what has already been reached in some countries and a standard that can be denoted as stable.

While women and girls in western countries generally no longer, for instance, have to worry about whether or not they are allowed to work or go to school, or whether they will soon be married off to a cousin or a much older man, this is still a reality for countless women in most Islamic countries and in South America, Asia and Africa.

This global perspective is necessary to understand the particular situation for many Muslim women and girls in European countries, especially those who live in parallel societies.

In a plural, open and liberal society such as Germany, different cultures and religions jostle together so closely that conflicts are unavoidable and solutions supposedly hard to find.

The fear of ostracising foreign cultures and religions and stoking xenophobia has led to a politically precarious situation, in which every criticism of Islamically justified misogyny can make you a racist, an enemy of Islam or even a Nazi.

Such labels are thrown around with abandon.

Read more here,,,,

Source: The Guardian

H/T:GH





Saturday, August 15, 2009

(IT) Apostate of Islam; 23 Shari'a's Keys;

Fathima Rifqa Bary

13 Agosto 2009 - Phyllis Chesler

Delitto d’Onore evitato: un’Islamica convertitasi alla Cristianità fugge per salvarsi la Vita

Fathima Rifqa Bary emerge in Florida

Ieri Pomeriggio, il mio Salotto è stato riempito di Luci e Telecamere, e da due Uomini della ABC molto cortesi.

Abbiamo registrato un’Intervista per Good Morning America che appare oggi e che è registrata sul loro Sito: website. Abbiamo parlato dei Delitti d’Onore e della Situazione critica di Fathima Rifqa Bary, l’Adolescente islamica dell’Ohio che si è convertita alla Cristianità e che è fuggita di Casa perché sa che suo Padre vuole ucciderla.

L’Intervista alla 17enne Rifqa è struggente. Sa che se un Islamico lascia l’Islam, si converte ad un’altra Religione, è un “Apostata”, e che è previsto venga ucciso da altri Islamici; Ciò include i Membri della sua stessa Famiglia.

Se Qualcuno che viene da una Casa fondamentalista ebraica o cristiana si converte, può essere Oggetto di Ostracismo, o può essere trattato come fosse morto, ma non viene fisicamente ucciso.Piangendo, l’Adolescente - dallo Sri Lanka - molto spaventata sa che la maggior Parte dei Giornalisti occidentali (e della Polizia che l’ha a sua Volta messa nelle Mani dello Stato che l’ha obbligata a sostenere un Processo pubblico), non crede che Ciò possa essere vero. Quanto Presto hanno dimenticato la Sofferenza di Salman Rushdie. Quanto Presto Chiunque sia cullato a vedere la Religione fondamentalista islamica proprio come una qualsiasi altra Religione, pensa che l’Islam che avanza sia ancora la Cultura “tenera”, cosmopolita, ospitale che è occasionalmente stata in Passato, in alcune Città e nei Confronti di alcune Persone danarose.

Nel 1989, le Autorità di St. Louis del Missouri, hanno pure scelto di permettere che una Isa Palestina picchiata e contusa, che si era rivolta a loro per chiedere Aiuto, rimanesse alla crudele Mercé della sua propria Famiglia, che l’aveva picchiata. Palestina aveva sedici Anni e suo Padre era, piuttosto letteralmente, un Terrorista palestinese. L’Operatore sociale che ha svolto una Visita a Casa è stato d’Accordo che sarebbe stato Difficile controllare i Bambini ma che doveva essere fatto uno Sforzo per Ciò. Palestina è stata tenuta al Suolo da sua Madre, mentre suo Padre ha continuano a pugnalarla viziosamente. Il Crimine commesso da Palestina? Aveva un Amico afro-americano, che era un Ragazzo, e sua Madre, le sue Sorelle, e suo Padre, Tutti hanno l’hanno percepita come una ”Puttana” perché stava diventando troppo “occidentale”.

Ora, vent’Anni dopo, Rifqa Bary sta cercando di farci capire Qualcosa che noi ancora manchiamo di comprendere, e che non vogliamo credere che sia vero. Alla Telecamera, Rifqa continua a dire: “Voi, Gente, non capite, la mia Vita è a Rischio, questa è Realtà, questa è la Verità, loro devono uccidermi se amano Dio più di quanto amino me”. Potete vedere la sua Intervista qui: here.

Qui è quello che può succederle: Rifqa potrebbe essere “obbligata” a tornare all’Islam. La sua Famiglia potrebbe metterla agli Arresti domiciliari, e portarle i Mullah per ragionare con lei o per lavarle il Cervello; sua Madre potrebbe pregarla di placarsi cosicché la Famiglia possa rimanere unita come Prima. Se tutto il Resto fallisce, Rifqa può essere rispedita in Sri Lanka oppure uccisa oppure essere confinata in un Manicomio. Può essere uccisa Qui. Cosa assolutamente non può accadere è che la sua Famiglia religiosa islamica le stia vicina, dal Momento in cui lei segue un’altra Via religiosa molto pubblicamente.

Non ho tutti i Fatti a mia Disposizione. Ciononostante è possibile che il Padre di Rifqa possa genuinamente vederla come Malata mentale (perché solo una Ragazza “pazza” farebbe una Cosa tanto blasfema) e poiché lui la ama, abbia deciso di non abbandonarla, ma di cercare di raggiungerla, per aiutarla … facendole ritornare il Senno e perciò facendola tornare all’Islam.Naturalmente, queste sono le Supposizioni di Rifqa, e quale sia la Verità in questo Caso rimane inesplorato.

E, a Proposito: il Pianto e il Terrore di Rifqa possono essere probabilmente stati montati per l’Intervista, lei è leggermente “Isterica”, e sembra in qualche Modo auto-ipnotizzata. Eppure, quel che dice ha perfettamente Senso. È piuttosto in Contatto con la Realtà.Cosa possiamo offrire a qualcuno come Rifqa in America? Come Sempre, non c’è alcuna Protezione in America per le probabili Vittime di un Delitto d’Onore. Fino ad Ora, nessun Prosecutore ha accusato qualche Omicida di aver commesso un Delitto d’Onore in America.

Persino se lasciamo la Religione, la Cultura e l’Etnicità fuori dall’Equazione, (per far Piacere ad ogni Sorta di Correttezza politica), un Delitto d’Onore non è come la Violenza domestica di Stile occidentale, [ma] è una Collaborazione e Cospirazione familiare per redimere l’Onore familiare perduto, tramite l’Assassinio di una Figlia, di una Moglie, di una Sorella, o di una Cugina femmina. Solo il suo Sangue può “pulire” la loro Vergogna pubblica. L’Omicida e i suoi Complici sono visti [dalla loro Comunità etnica, culturale e religiosa] come Valorosi, non vengono demonizzati o visti come Criminali sociopatici. Vengono raramente proseguiti nei Paesi del Terzo Mondo. Pure gli Uomini possono essere uccisi per Onore, se sono visti maritare o avere una Relazione con una Donna, la cui Famiglia vede sé stessa come appartenente ad una Classe sociale superiore e appartiene ad un’altra Religione.

Prego, guardate il mio Studio su questo Soggetto, “I Delitti d’Onore sono semplice Violenza domestica?”, nel Middle East Quarterly: study [Traduzione in Italiano del citato Studio, vedere Nota 2)].

Spero e prego che Rifqa Bary non sia tornata dai suoi Genitori. Persino così, la sua Vita sarà molto difficile. È una giovane Immigrata, con attualmente nessuna Capacità rimarchevole, che non potrà mai più reclamare una Famiglia d’Origine allargata. Potrebbe dover vivere nascosta per il Resto della sua Vita. Ma, avrà la sua Religione, e finché rimarrà una fervente Religiosa, potrà avere una Comunità basata sulla Fede.

E, rimarrà Viva. Nient’altro che Questo, ma almeno Questo.

Notizia Flash ( Newsflash! )

I Genitori islamici si sono “avvocatizzati”, e tramite il loro Legale, Craig McCarthy, insistono di non aver mai minacciato la Vita della loro Figlia, e che infatti sono i Pastori Blake e Beverly Lorenz che devono essere biasimati per le Paure della loro Figlia Rifqa. Comunque, Rifqa ha cercato i Lorenz da Sola, molti Anni dopo che si era segretamente convertita al Cristianesimo.

Fonte


NOTE

1) Forse la nuova Applicazione della Legge a Livello nazionale ha bisogno di una breve Infarinata sull’Islam. Qui c’è l’Essenziale - con Preghiera di prestare particolare Attenzione al Punto 23 -:

Banalità sull’Islam – 23 Fatti

Leggi il Testo con le Note (i Punti chiave dell'Islam e la Differenza fra Delitti d'Onore e Violenza domestica) nel Documento da scaricare

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

A Civilized Dialogue About Islam and Honor Killing. When Feminist Heroes Disagree. (Part I)

Honorcide
By Phyllis Chesler

It has been my privilege to know and to work with Dorchen Leithold who is a fearless, tireless, driven, and heroic champion of womens’ rights. I remember Dorchen back in the days when we were both anti-pornography activists. She then became an anti-trafficking activist which she still is. We have participated in many important demonstrations, conferences, and memorial services over the last forty-plus years. Dorchen went on to become a lawyer. She is now the director of legal services for battered women in New York City (Sanctuary for Families) and has, Sojourner Truth style, literally rescued and saved the lives of many a woman. Read more ...

Source: Pajamas Media

A Civilized Dialogue Between Feminists Who Disagree About Islamic Gender Apartheid. (Part II)

Should honorcide be classified as a hate crime?

 I am a Muslim
Yes
No
No: any female dishonoring her family must be disciplined
No: any female dishonoring her family must severely punished
No: any female dishonoring her family must be put to death
No: honorcide is a fiction

 I am not a Muslim
Yes
No
No: any female dishonoring her family must be disciplined
No: any female dishonoring her family must severely punished
No: any female dishonoring her family must be put to death
No: honorcide is a fiction

  


Thursday, February 19, 2009

Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?

Amina & Sarah
Amina Said (L), 18, and her sister Sarah, 17, were shot dead by
their father Yaser at their home in Irving, Texas, in January 2008.
Said was upset by his daughters' "Western ways" and was assisted
in the killing by his wife, the girls' mother. The victims of
honor killings are largely teenage daughters or young women.
Unlike ordinary domestic violence, honor killings often involve
multiple family members as perpetrators.
By Phyllis Chesler

When a husband murders a wife or daughter in the United States and Canada, too often law enforcement chalks the matter up to domestic violence. Murder is murder; religion is irrelevant. Honor killings are, however, distinct from wife battering and child abuse. Analysis of more than fifty reported honor killings shows they differ significantly from more common domestic violence. The frequent argument made by Muslim advocacy organizations that honor killings have nothing to do with Islam and that it is discriminatory to differentiate between honor killings and domestic violence is wrong.

Background and Denial

Families that kill for honor will threaten girls and women if they refuse to cover their hair, their faces, or their bodies or act as their family's domestic servant; wear makeup or Western clothing; choose friends from another religion; date; seek to obtain an advanced education; refuse an arranged marriage; seek a divorce from a violent husband; marry against their parents' wishes; or behave in ways that are considered too independent, which might mean anything from driving a car to spending time or living away from home or family. Fundamentalists of many religions may expect their women to meet some but not all of these expectations. But when women refuse to do so, Jews, Christians, and Buddhists are far more likely to shun rather than murder them. Muslims, however, do kill for honor, as do, to a lesser extent, Hindus and Sikhs.

Differing Characteristics of Honor Killings and Domestic Violence

Honor KillingsDomestic Violence
Committed mainly by Muslims against Muslim girls/young adult women.Committed by men of all faiths usually against adult women.
Committed mainly by fathers against their teenage daughters and daughters in their early twenties. Wives and older-age daughters may also be victims, but to a lesser extent.Committed by an adult male spouse against an adult female spouse or intimate partner.
Carefully planned. Death threats are often used as a means of control.The murder is often unplanned and spontaneous.
The planning and execution involve multiple family members and can include mothers, sisters, brothers, male cousins, uncles, grandfathers, etc. If the girl escapes, the extended family will continue to search for her to kill her.The murder is carried out by one man with no family complicity.
The reason given for the honor killing is that the girl or young woman has "dishonored" the family.The batterer-murderer does not claim any family concept of "honor." The reasons may range from a poorly cooked meal to suspected infidelity to the woman's trying to protect the children from his abuse or turning to the authorities for help.
At least half the time, the killings are carried out with barbaric ferocity. The female victim is often raped, burned alive, stoned or beaten to death, cut at the throat, decapitated, stabbed numerous times, suffocated slowly, etc.While some men do beat a spouse to death, they often simply shoot or stab them.
The extended family and community valorize the honor killing. They do not condemn the perpetrators in the name of Islam. Mainly, honor killings are seen as normative.The batterer-murderer is seen as a criminal; no one defends him as a hero. Such men are often viewed as sociopaths, mentally ill, or evil.
The murderer(s) do not show remorse. Instead, they experience themselves as "victims," defending themselves from the girl's actions and trying to restore their lost family honor.Sometimes, remorse or regret is exhibited.

Read more ...

Source: Middle East Forum
H/T: Gramfan
Should honorcide be classified as a hate crime?

 I am a Muslim
Yes
No
No: any female dishonoring her family must be disciplined
No: any female dishonoring her family must severely punished
No: any female dishonoring her family must be put to death
No: honorcide is a fiction

 I am not a Muslim
Yes
No
No: any female dishonoring her family must be disciplined
No: any female dishonoring her family must severely punished
No: any female dishonoring her family must be put to death
No: honorcide is a fiction

  



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