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Pakistani Parents Pour Acid On Daughter For Looking at Boy
November 06, 2012 | Newsy.com

Jury: Afghan Family Guilty in Honor Killings
January 31, 2012 | Associated Press

Family Guilty of First-Degree Murder in 'Honor Killings'
January 30, 2012 | Newsy.com

Honor Killings Wikipedia Information

An honor killing is the murder of a victim by, or at the behest of, close family members with the aim of undoing the loss, or perceived loss, of wider family status owing to the actions or status of the victim. Victims are almost always female, and usually are killed for actions seen to be sexually immodest. The practice is most common in countries of the Middle East. While honour killing...

From around the web

UK: Muslim man threatens his daughter with honor murder, walks free
June 04, 2013 | Jihad Watch
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected...

Egypt: Three women murdered in Islamic honor killing
May 26, 2013 | Jihad Watch
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected...

Sweden: Four years for honor murder of sister; he stabbed her over 100 times
May 12, 2013 | Jihad Watch
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most... ...

Save one woman, you save an entire family
April 08, 2013 | indystar.com
It's about changing cultures that treat women like animals (or worse) and saving them from honor killings ... Our conversation circled around why more Americans do not care about honor killings ...

BBC cuts lines from honor killing drama in order to avoid offending Muslims
January 30, 2013 | Jihad Watch
This politically correct self-censorship will only lead to more honor killings,... Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified...

Tina Brown Kicks Off Women in the World 2013 with Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and...
April 05, 2013 | FishbowlNY
For the fourth annual Women in the World Summit, Tina Brown and Newsweek Daily Beast gathered remarkable women of all stripes to highlight their sisters around the globe and provide solutions to atrocities like the honor killings ...

Honor Killings on twitter

	RT @reformingislam: Allen West: Muslims Are All 'Honor Killings, Beheadings, Suicide ... http://t.co/7ws2paYm0a Twitter: @der_terrorist
	RT @AllenWest: 2day in NY Post, Bill Cosby said we should b more like Muslims. U mean honor killings, beheadings, suicide bombings? Hope ur kidding sir. Twitter: @stoktraydr
	RT @AllenWest: 2day in NY Post, Bill Cosby said we should b more like Muslims. U mean honor killings, beheadings, suicide bombings? Hope ur kidding sir. Twitter: @Metalworks4
	RT @AllenWest: 2day in NY Post, Bill Cosby said we should b more like Muslims. U mean honor killings, beheadings, suicide bombings? Hope ur kidding sir. Twitter: @SCPioneer
	RT @AllenWest: 2day in NY Post, Bill Cosby said we should b more like Muslims. U mean honor killings, beheadings, suicide bombings? Hope ur kidding sir. Twitter: @royparrish
	Allen West: Muslims Are All 'Honor Killings, Beheadings, Suicide ... http://t.co/6pFOhiPWSP Twitter: @reformingislam

YouTube Videos

Honour Killings
June 16, 2007

Murder in the Family: Honor Killing in America (Part 1)
July 28, 2008

16x9 - In the Name of Honour: Honour killing tradition broken down
August 24, 2012

Honor Killings Books

Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance (Freedom in the World)
$37.95

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