'Honour' Killings in Britain
Fahim Al-Jahani | 27.10.2003 00:10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/20/ubride.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/20/ixportaltop.html
...for bursting in on their cousin's wedding (to a... gasp... divorcee), stabbing the bride 22 times. A few weeks earlier, a Muslim businessman killed the Christian groom...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1058135,00.html
...of his daughter after luring him to his factory. And that followed a Kurdish immigrant's slitting of his daughter's throat...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1052348,00.html
...for going out with the wrong guy ("Hey, for an older man you have a good strong punch and kick. Well done," read a note from the daughter). British police have increased scrutiny...
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/10/nhonor10.xml
...for past crimes, trying to balance the victims rights with cultural sensitivity (although even in Pakistan, the cultural sensitivity is debunked...
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-10-2003_pg3_6
...Police estimate around 12 such killings last year, including some victims who were taken out of the country first...
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/10/22102003155443.asp
Still, the onus is resting on British Muslims, who have to find a way to influence those within their ranks who may engage in the practise.
http://www.altmuslim.com/family_comments.php?id=1103_0_16_0_C
Fahim Al-Jahani