Articles with tag: honor killing

Izzatdar - The Respected

Khalid Bhatti Mar 18, 2009 interacts: 43

They beat her up badly, and decided that she be married in the first instance after her iddat of three months, as Khan threw his turban in the feet of her uncle to save his honor.

Reflections on Aasiya Hassan's Murder and Domestic Violence

Junaid LevesqueAlam Feb 27, 2009 interacts: 8

On Feb. 12th, Aasiya Hassan was discovered beheaded in the television station office where she and her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, strove to show Muslims in a positive light.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful

Azra Rashid Apr 20, 2008 interacts: 1022

According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in 2007, 1205 women were reported to have been killed in the name of honor. Each year the number is doubling.

First, Honor Thyself

Jawahara Saidullah May 1, 2006 interacts: 63

Her virginity and her body is not hers alone. They are symbols of her family’s honor, whether it is her birth family or that of her husband