July 27-31, 2009 War on Women News - R.E.A.L.

July 27

Canada: Shafia family will plead not guilty in alleged 'honour killing': lawyer
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Shafia+family+will+plead+guilty+alleged+honour+killing+lawyer/1833827/story.html
-- Kingston murder victim was abused, brother says
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kingston+murder+victim+abused+brother+says/1826342/story.html
-- Montreal Gazette Coverage
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/topic.html?t=Person&q=Mohammad+Shafia

Dishonorable Muslim Mass Murder in Canada - An Ongoing Cultural Autopsy -- by Phyllis Chesler
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/07/27/dishonorable-muslim-mass-murder-in-canada/

(Gaza) "Hamas launches Islamic virtue campaign in Gaza"
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/27/content_11777085.htm

July 28-29

Gaza: Woman Killed in Jabalya to "Maintain Family Honor"
-- "On
Thursday, 23 July 2009, Fadia Jawdat al-Najjar, 27, from Jabalya
refugee camp was killed allegedly 'to maintain family honor.'"
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/weapon/english/2009/report15.html
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/gaza-woman-killed-in-jabalya-to-maintain-family-honor/

July 30

Gaza: Rights groups decry Gaza 'honor killing'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.honor.killings/index.html

Jordan sets up tribunal to hear honour killing cases
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/07/29/10300721.html

(Canada) Kingston deaths suspects share cell
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kingston+deaths+suspects+share+cell/1844454/story.html

Barbara Kay: Honour killing is not 'domestic' violence
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/29/barbara-kay-honour-killing-is-not-domestic-violence.aspx

(Sudan) Ex-journalist facing 40 lashes in Sudan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/jul/30/sudan-islam

July 31

Gaza father held in "honor killing" of daughter -- for "crime" of
owning mobile phone -- report says Gaza "honor killing" murderers only
get 6 months to 3 years in prison
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/gaza-father-in-honor-killing/
-- Gaza father held in 'honor killing' of daughter
-- "The assault was triggered by Jawdat Najjar's discovery that his daughter Fadia -- a 27-year-old divorced mother
of five -- owned a cell phone, the groups said. He suspected she used it to speak to a man outside the family,
according to the groups' reports."
-- "In the West Bank and Gaza, 'honor killing' assailants serve between six months and three years in prison,
said Mona Shawa of PCHR."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jc1mdFQBRZEA12CAirD6rejxUOpAD99O77H02
--- Rights groups say murder was 'honour killing'
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1678952

Gaza: Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more Islamic
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10336313.html

(Canada) Montreal Gazette: "Canadian Muslim Forum" "condemning conjugal violence and violence against women"
-- report make no reference to ideological issues driving such violence
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Muslim+group+decries+honour+killings/1839186/story.html

(Canada) "Term 'honour killings' angers women's group"
-- "The Greater Sudbury Coalition to End Violence Against Women"
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1680035

Women on Web: "Syria Imposes 2-Year Prison Sentence for 'Honor Killers,' But Is That Enough?"
-- "In an Islamic country where 16 women are estimated to be killed for shaming their family each month,
some wonder whether the new law is punishment enough"
http://www.wowowow.com/politics/syria-prison-sentence-honor-killers-honor-killings-middle-east-islamic-law-united-states-349722

 

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