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An Honor Killing That Was Not An Honor Killing After All by Phyllis Chesler Pajamas Media March 24, 2010 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/717/not-an-honor-killing-after-all Send Comment RSS Share: Excerpt: Sana Ali, a 17-year-old pregnant Pakistani wife, was found stabbed to death in Bury, England, near Manchester. Sana had been stabbed 46 times. A 7 ½ inch knife had been plunged into her abdomen. At the time, poor Sana was nearly three months pregnant. Initially, it was assumed that her husband, Sair, had committed an honor killing. He was a philanderer—maybe he wanted to marry his mistress. But Sair had found no fault with Sana; he really had no motive to honor-murder her. Indeed, as it turned out, Sair did not murder his pregnant wife—shockingly, his jealous mistress, Harmohinder Sanghera ("Mindy"), a dentistry student, did, and she was finally found guilty of killing Sana in a "sustained and ferocious attack." Sair, a lustful, greedy man, had lied to "Mindy"; he had not told her that he was married. However, he did say that the fact that he's a Shi'a Muslim and "Mindy's" a Sikh meant that "their love could not last." Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Honor Killings
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