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Taming the Wild East: Arab Honor Killings in Israel by Phyllis Chesler NewsRealBlog October 29, 2010 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/892/arab-honor-killings-israel Send Comment RSS Share: Excerpt: The Arab and Muslim world are, by nature, chronically violent. In addition to tribal and family feuds, religious and political wars are ever-constant, as are slavers, gun-runners, pirates, tyrants, torturers, and garden-variety thieves and gangsters. Add the routine and savage persecution of non-Muslims and Muslim dissidents, the savage subordination of women, the rise of jihadic terrorism and foreign wars to this mix, stir, and you've got the modern Middle East. What can it mean when civilians demonstrate against "violence" in such a setting? Are they talking about petty crime waves—or about honor killings? Can such demonstrations even take place in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, or Pakistan? Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Honor Killings, Israel
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