Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Are Some Honor Killings More Equal Than Others?





















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Are Some Honor Killings More Equal Than Others?




by Phyllis Chesler

Fox News

July 12, 2010



http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/817/some-honor-killings-more-equal













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If an honor killing is committed by Muslims in North America, chances are you won't read about it in the mainstream American media, except perhaps locally, and briefly. However, if the honor killing has been perpetrated by Hindus or Sikhs, and in faraway India, the crime merits prominent treatment in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and of course, in The New York Times.


For example, on Saturday, July 10 the Gray Lady ran a front page article about a caste-related honor killing in Koderma, India.



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