Israel: Christian Father ‘Killed Daughter Over Muslim Boyfriend’
Israeli authorities on Sunday charged an Israeli Christian father with murder for allegedly killing his teenage daughter because she was having a relationship with a Muslim man. According to the charges, as reported in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Sami Karra is accused of murdering his 17-year-old daughter Henriette after she left home in the central Israeli […]
Christian Father charged with murdering daughter over affair with Muslim
Sami Kara, reportedly a Christian Arab, allegedly killed teenager after she said she’d convert to Islam to be with her romantic partner By Stuart Winer Sami Kara is brought to Lod District Court for an indictment on murdering his own daughter, July 16, 2017. (Flash90) Prosecutors filed charges Sunday against a man accused of stabbing […]
Pakistan adopts new law to tackle ‘honour killings’
Pakistan’s parliament has unanimously passed legislation against “honour killings” – mandating life imprisonment for convicted murderers even if the victim’s relatives forgive them. The legislation was approved on Thursday in a joint session of the lower and upper houses of parliament, three months after an outspoken social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, was strangled by her […]
Is honor killing an ordinary crime?
Honor Killing became a very common crime here as the women are beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive for the honor of their families. It is not surprising as news items of honor killings and honor attacks off and on appear in the media. Honor killing become the […]
The evil of honor killings
The evil of honor killing is has been on increase in our society and we have failed to nip this evil in the bud. This has taken numerous innocent lives and on July 15, 2016 Qandeel Baloch, a social media celebrity was killed by her brother. That she just went against the self-engineered discourses of […]
Demo held against honour killings
Sindhi Nari Sangat Sindh protested against growing religious extremism, honour killings (Karo-Kari), forced religious conversion of Sindhi Hindu girls, violence against women in Sindh, Pakistan under call given by Sindhi Sangat Sindh chairman Mansoor Khaskheli.Protest rallies were held in Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Tando Mohammad Khan and activists of Sindhi Nari Sangat Sindh chanted slogans against […]
Pakistan: Anger after honour killing of Qandeel Baloch
Karachi, Pakistan – Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch, who was known for her daring posts, has been killed, allegedly by her brother. Police on Saturday told Al Jazeera that Baloch’s father, Mohammed Azeem, had filed a case against his son Waseem Azeem. The father has also testified against another of his sons, who works […]
CII declares honour killing as’unpardonable sin, un-Islamic’
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Tuesday declared the honour killings as unpardonable sin and contrary to the teachings of Islam. Chief Research Officer CII, Dr Inamullah said in a statement that CII declared the murder of women or girls in the name of honour as ‘un-Islamic’ and an ‘unpardonable sin’. He said that the whole […]
No room for honour-killing in our society: Nawaz
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that customs and practices like honour killings have nothing to do with the divine principles and theories of Islam. The premier said this while meeting Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad. It was Islam which first recognized the rights of women, PM […]