June 25, 2009 - War on Women News - RealCourage.org

Germany: Turk stabs teen daughter in 'honour killing' - because daughter "did not want to follow the Muslim way"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/germany-teen-daughter-killed/
- Turk stabs teen daughter in 'honour killing'
-- "A 45-year-old Turkish man has admitted stabbing his 15-year-old daughter to death because she
did not follow Islamic customs, German police said on Thursday."
-- "The man, a kebab shop owner in Schweinfurt, southern Germany, stabbed the teen several times
with a kitchen knife as she lay sleeping on her grandmother's couch in what police said was a premeditated act."
-- "'As a motive for the terrible crime, the 45-year-old admitted that he had problems with the fact that his
daughter did not want to follow the Muslim way,' police said in a statement."
-- "'He seemed visibly unaffected by the crime,' the statement added."
-- "Germany has been shocked by around 50 'honour killings' since 1996, mainly in the country's
large Turkish community."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20090625175459510C508025
-- Germany: "Western" lifestyle cited as motive for girl's killing
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/x488812877/Germany-Western-lifestyle-cited-as-motive-for-girls-killing

Movie Review -- 'The Stoning of Soraya M.' - by Pam Meister
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3583/pub_detail.asp

Iranian says militiaman killed protester-- "Doctor claims he was at Neda's side, says
she died 'fighting for basic rights'"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/militiaman-killed-neda/

(Pakistan) Lahore High Court "taking notice of the sale of 16-year-old girl Umme Kulsoom of
Faisalabad to a 62-year-old man"
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=184948

(Pakistan) Wider cooperation stressed to fight women trafficking
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=184954

(Pakistan) FATA: Girls' school blown up in South Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C06%5C26%5Cstory_26-6-2009_pg7_23

(India) Muslim women in India are in miserable condition: Uzma Naheed
http://www.twocircles.net/2009jun24/muslim_women_india_are_miserable_condition_uzma_naheed.html

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