Kuwaiti women MPs refuse to wear hijab in parliament
-- "The MPs, who were among the first four women to be elected to the country's National Assembly in May, have angered their Islamist colleagues, who say they say they are flouting sharia, or Islamic law."
-- "One of the two is going further by demanding the scrapping of an amendment to electoral regulations that says they have to observe sharia in parliament."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/kuwait/6307598/Kuwaiti-women-MPs-refuse-to-wear-hijab-in-parliament.html
Jordan: Jail for Jordan 'honour killing'
-- BBC: "A 21-year-old Jordanian man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for killing his married sister over an alleged affair, court officials said"
-- "He was charged with premeditated murder for stabbing his 18-year-old sister 26 times with a kitchen knife last year."
-- "He claimed he wanted to restore his family's honour."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8303573.stm
Jordan aims to deter 'honour crime'
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091012/FOREIGN/710119849/1011
Western Justice for Honor Killers by Phyllis Chesler
http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/630/western-justice-for-honor-killers
Human Rights vs. Sharia: Violence Against Women
http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/10/human-rights-vs-sharia-violence-against-women.php
(India) 'Love Jihad' racket: VHP, Christian groups find common cause
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Love-Jihad-racket-VHP-Christian-groups-find-common-cause/articleshow/5117548.cms
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