March 12, 2011Thousands of girls reportedly being subjected to honour-related violence in FinlandThousands of girls in Finland, particularly in immigrant families with a Muslim background are reportedly afraid of their […]
March 7, 2011‘Honour’ killings plan does not go far enough, says women’s rights groupNew British government plans for tackling violence against women and girls will not go far enough to help […]
February 8, 2011Honor Killings in EuropeIn an analysis, Valentina Colombo writes that “Honor-related violence can now be described as a European phenomenon”. via:[http://www.hudson-ny.org/1849/honor-killings-in-europe]
February 3, 2011Bangladesh arrests clerics over whipping a girlPolice in Bangladesh said Thursday they have arrested four Islamic clerics after a teenage girl was whipped to […]
January 28, 2011Feo Aladag focuses her camera on honor killingsThough rarely documented in the U.S., the tradition of “honor killings”: putting a woman to death for having […]
January 26, 2011A German film that the Oscars missedReferring to the new German film “Die Fremde”, or “When we Leave”, Francine Kiefer writes: “It had not […]
January 21, 2011Local Teens Desperate to Help Stop Honor KillingsAt Buffalo Seminary all girls high school, author Nadia Shahram spoke to the students about countless cases of […]
January 19, 2011‘Wear the hijab or I’ll kill you, cousin told girl’: Muslim tells of terrifying phone threatsA man threatened to kill his cousin and harm her family after she decided to stop wearing the […]
December 21, 2010Harry Potter Actress Refuses to Testify Against FamilyThe brother of a British Muslim actress who starred in the Harry Potter films pleaded guilty to assaulting […]
December 9, 2010MP calls for inquiry into sex abuse in Muslim familiesA Dutch Labour MP has called for an inquiry into sexual abuse in Muslim families: the appeal by […]
November 1, 2010Informal Honor Police Use Taxis as Patrol CarsIn Norway, informal “Honor Police” use taxis as patrol cars: “Our experience is that many of the girls […]
October 16, 2010Woman dies after becoming human fireball in streetA young Pakistani woman in Bradford (UK) who was believed to have been pregnant burnt to death after […]
September 27, 2010Police plea to victims of ‘honour’ crimesScottish police are launching a campaign to tackle honour-based violence in Muslim communities by encouraging more victims to […]
August 26, 2010Husband of “freed” US citizen says she is under family’s pressureThe husband of a US citizen, who claimed she was confined illegally for seven months, says that she […]
August 7, 2010Leave and We’ll Kill You: Islam and Apostates in AmericaIn an analysis, Phyllis Chesler writes: “Many Muslims who are religious are not fanatic fundamentalists or radicals and […]
July 2, 2010Harry Potter actress’ family charged over kill threatsThe father and brother of Muslim actress Afshan Azad (22) have been charged with threatening to kill her […]
June 14, 2010Mother stabbed daughter in ‘honour crime’: PoliceAn Afghan mother in Montreal, Canada, has stabbed her 19-year old daughter in the head, shoulders and arms […]
February 25, 2010Ohio convert: Family reconciliation not possibleEfforts by Ohio and Florida courts to reunify Rifqa Bary with her family have failed and she continues […]
February 11, 2010Wife to stand trial in Kingston slayingsTooba Mohammad Yahya of St Léonard has been committed to stand trial, likely in 2011, on four charges […]
February 6, 2010Violence against women is a global struggleIn Pakistan, the story of Nasreen (not her real name) has inspired legal reforms in the provincial Parliament […]