Let’s Create a
U.S. Memorial Day for Victims of Honor Killings
Honor killings and violence are a growing phenomenon in the U.S. but get
little attention from politicians and the media.
Jasvinder Sanghera, star of the award-winning Clarion Project film Honor Diaries, is
currently on tour meeting NGO's and government officials, trying to raise
awareness of this very real problem.
She has launched a petition to
raise government and grassroots support for a day of memorial for victims
of honor killings.
Honor killings are not the only type of violence faced by huge numbers of
Americans – particularly young girls. As many as 200,000 are at
risk of female genital mutilation in the United States (Source: Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention). Thousands will be forced into
marriage and more will be tortured and murdered unless we act now.
It takes a minute to sign our petition and
raise awareness of this growing and little-recognized problem.
Radical Islam shows its face in many different forms and the subjugation,
abuse and murder, on U.S. soil, of women and girls cannot be tolerated.
Please sign this petition now and
support Honor
Diaries in fighting radical Islam in all its forms.
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