Canada: "Honor Killing" Investigated in Death of Three Montreal Sisters
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/montreal-sisters-deaths/
-- "Family charged in possible honour killings of Montreal women in Kingston"
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Family+charged+with+murder+Kingston+deaths/1816807/story.html
--- Montreal Gazette reports: "Kingston police have confirmed the parents of three young sisters from St. Leonard found
dead last month inside a car submerged in the Rideau Canal are suspects in their murders."
--- "The parents and one of their sons will face four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of conspiracy to commit
murder. The conspiracy charges allege the plot to kill the women dates back to May 1."
--- "Zainab Shafia, 19, and her two sisters Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, were found dead inside a car submerged in three feet of
water northeast of Kingston on June 30. Rona Amir Mohammed, 52, was also found dead in the car.
--- "Police confirmed that Rona Amir Mohammed was married to Mohammed Shafia, the girls' father. Shafia is also married to
Tooba Mohamad Yahya, one of the three murder suspects. Both marriages are believed to have taken place in Afghanistan."
--- "The Kingston police would not comment on the motive behind the four homicides and have refused to speculate on
whether the women were killed as part of an honour killing."
-- Kingston Whig Standard: "An honour killing?"
--- "Ali Shafi, a
15-year-old brother of the dead girls, told the Whig-Standard in an
interview July 8 that Rona Mohammed was his aunt."
--- "'For some time, my sister, as well as the Shafi couple's oldest daughter, Zainab, had been receiving death threats for
social, cultural and family reasons,' Masoomi's e-mail to Kingston Police states."
--- "In an interview through translation, Masoomi, who does not speak English or French, explained that Rona Mohammed
has stayed in regular contact with relatives in Europe, and has told them she feared for her life."
--- "'She was really afraid,' Masoomi told the Whig-Standard, through her daughter, Elaha Masoomi. 'There were death threats.'"
http://thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1668566
-- Canwest News: "Parents, brother charged in Kingston canal car deaths"
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1820323
-- Ottawa Citizen report
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Kingston+canal+deaths+have+been+honour+killing+reports/1820277/story.html
-- Phyllis Chesler: "Kingston Police Call It A 'Muslim Honor Killing.'"
---
"If the police are right, this is the fifth known honor killing in
Canada since 1999 and it brings the death toll to nine victims"
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/07/23/kingston-police-call-it-a-%E2%80%9Cmuslim-honor-killing-%E2%80%9D/
-- IPT News: Honor Killing Suspected in Deaths of 3 Canadian Sisters
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#229
-- "'Honour killings' of females on rise in Canada: Expert"
http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=1821831
--- "Up to a dozen have died for the same reason in Canada in the last decade, and it's happening more often, says
Amin Muhammad, a psychiatrist who studies honour killings at Memorial University in Newfoundland."
---
"'There are a number of organizations which don't accept the idea of
honour killing; they say it's a Western-propagated myth
by the
media, but it's not true,' he says. 'Honour killing is there, and we
should acknowledge it, and Canada should take it seriously.'"
-- also Ottawa Citizen report
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Honour+killings+females+rise+Canada+Expert/1821831/story.html
UK: Acid "Honor" Attack on Muslim Man... Muslim Woman in Danger
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-muslim-man-honor-attack/
-- Muslim man critical after 'honour attack' with acid
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5894521/Muslim-man-critical-after-honour-attack-with-acid.html
---
Daily Telegraph reports: "A Muslim man is in a critical condition in
hospital after having acid poured down his throat in an
'honour attack' for having a relationship with a married woman."
--- "Police have warned the woman, also a Muslim, that her life is now in danger and are discussing how best to protect her."
--- "The 24-year-old man was attacked with sulphuric acid and stabbed by four men. He was blinded in one eye, suffered severe
injuries
to his tongue and throat and suffered 50 per cent burns. He was also
stabbed twice in the back and attacked with bricks
leaving him with fractures to his face."
-- Daily Mail: "'Honour' acid attack: Muslim wife under threat as her 'lover' is stabbed and maimed by masked gang"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201625/Cheating-wife-face-honour-killing-acid-poured-lovers-throat.html
--- Sky News reports: "The man, a 24-year-old Danish Asian, is now
blind, his tongue has been destroyed and he suffered 90% burns."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090723/tuk-honour-killing-fear-after-lover-s-ac-45dbed5.html
(UK) Is the UK turning a blind eye to Muslim polygamy?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8164961.stm
(UK) Princess facing Saudi death penalty given secret UK asylum
-- "Woman feared she would be stoned after giving birth to an illegitimate child in Britain"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-facing-saudi-death-penalty-given-secret-uk-asylum-1753007.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/5869038/Saudi-Arabian-princess-seeks-asylum-in-Britain-over-illegitimate-child.html
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/princess-facing-saudi-stoning/
(UK) Ten Saudis seek asylum after princess is allowed to stay
--
"Ministers are considering asylum applications for 10 Saudi Arabian
nationals who claim they are at risk of persecution if they are forced
to return to the Middle Eastern kingdom, it emerged last night"
--
"The new cases were made public after The Independent revealed the
plight of a Saudi princess who was granted asylum in Britain after she
had an illegitimate child with a British man"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ten-saudis-seek-asylum-after-princess-is-allowed-to-stay-1754396.html
"Saudi Arabia -- The World's Largest Women's Prison"
--- MEMRI translates and reports: "In an article on the liberal website Minbar Al-Hiwar Wal-'Ibra (http://www.menber-alhewar1.info
), reformist Saudi journalist and human rights activist Wajeha
Al-Huweidar described Saudi Arabia as 'the world's largest women's
prison.' She added that unlike real prisoners, Saudi women have no
prospect of ever being released, since throughout their life, they are
under the control of a male guardian - their husband, father,
grandfather, brother or son.
-- "Huweidar and other women activists
recently launched a campaign against the Saudi Mahram Law, which
forbids women to leave their home without a male guardian. She told the
Kuwaiti daily Awan that the campaign, whose slogan is 'treat us like
adult citizens or we leave the country,' was officially launched at the
King Fahd Bridge, connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, where the women
demanded to cross the border without a guardian."
-- "Although Saudi
women are deprived of freedom and dignity more than any other women [in
the world], they suffer all these forms of oppression and injustice in
bitter silence, [and with an air of] suppressed anger and death-like
dejection."
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD245209
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/saudi-arabia-the-worlds-largest-womens-prison/
Escaping Saudi Arabia's gilded cage - on oppression of women in Saudi Arabia
-- Saudi Arabia "oppressing human rights, religious freedom and women for the past six decades"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/24/saudi-princess-asylum-freedom
(Germany) Afghan man held over murder 'in the name of the Koran'
--
"Munich police are questioning a 27-year-old Afghan man suspected of
stabbing his former wife to death 'in the name of the Koran,' police
sources said Tuesday. A Munich police spokesman said the 24-old Afghan
woman Nesima R., whose full name was withheld for legal reasons, had
been stabbed some 20 times, and that the suspect had given the Koran as
a justification for the attack."
-- "The woman received stab wounds to the heart and died Monday in hospital. "
--
"The spokesman said police were investigating the 'very complex kinship
relations' surrounding the case, and suspected it to be a so-called
'honour killing.'"
-- "In February, an Afghan man was sentenced to
life in prison in the northern city of Hamburg for killing his sister
in what prosecutors said was an honour killing."
-- "Terre Des
Femmes, a women's rights group, estimates that some 50 women have been
killed in Germany in the past 10 years for reasons of supposed honour."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/278366,afghan-man-held-over-murder-in-the-name-of-the-koran.html
Sudanese Journalist Who Invited Press to Attend Her Court Hearing and Flogging: I Am Fighting for All Women
--
"The issue of abuse of women by Sudan's public order police recently
gained prominence in the Sudanese and other media, after Sudanese
journalist Lubna Ahmad Hussein and 12 other women were arrested in
Khartoum on July 3, 2009, for wearing trousers. Two days later, 10 of
the women were summoned to the police station and received punishments
of 10 lashes each. Charges were brought against three others, including
Hussein, for inappropriate dress and conduct."
-- "In an interview
with Al-Arabiyya TV, Hussein explained that she had given out the
invitations because otherwise no one would believe that she was to be
flogged for wearing ordinary clothes: 'I wanted the punishment to be
executed in the presence of observers, so that they see for themselves
why I was being flogged.'"
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD245309
(Gaza) Phyllis Chesler: "Free Asma'a al-Ghoul"
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/07/20/lets-rescue-the-heroes-free-asmaa-al-ghoul/
Pakistan "Honor Killing": Bride's family accused of double murder
--
"The family of a young woman allegedly killed her and her husband in
the name of 'honour' after inviting the couple to have dinner at a
house in Yakki Gate police precincts."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\21\story_21-7-2009_pg13_1
(Pakistan) Man kills cousin for 'honour'
-- "A 23-year-old girl
was killed in the name of 'honour' in Nawankot police precincts on
Sunday. According to the police, Imran allegedly shot his cousin
Shumaila in her house. Police said Shumaila had eloped with her
aunt’s husband a few days back and her family members took her back
two days ago, after convincing her she would not be harmed. The police
said the accused wanted to marry her, but got dejected after her
elopement. It said Imran forced Shumaila to go into a room and killed
her. He escaped without facing resistance."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\13\story_13-7-2009_pg13_6
(Pakistan) NGO demands tightening of Honour Killings Laws
http://dailymailnews.com/200907/19/CityPage/CityPages9.php
(Russia) Natalya Estemirova's heirs: The women who risk all to expose Chechnya's horrors
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/5858586/Natalya-Estemirovas-heirs-The-women-who-risk-all-to-expose-Chechnyas-horrors.html
(Maldives) 150 Muslim women face adultery flogging on Maldives
--
"184 people were sentenced to flogging for extra-marital sex under a
penal code that includes elements of Sharia law. Of those 146 were
women, with the majority of the punishments still to be carried out."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/150-women-face-adultery-flogging-on-maldives-1757150.html
(Malaysia) Muslim model to be caned for drinking beer in Malaysian club
--
"'The [caning] is aimed at making the accused repent and serves as a
lesson to Muslims,' the Syaria High Court judge was quoted as saying by
the New Straits Times daily."
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1490888.php/Muslim_model_to_be_caned_for_drinking_beer_in_Malaysian_club_
Raymond J. Learsy: "The Subjugation of Islamic Women and the Price of Oil"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-j-learsy/the-subjugation-of-islami_b_241819.html
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