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“Honor killing” comes to America
Posted in Irshaddering Thoughts on Jul 09, 2008
Muslim women tell Irshad that “even if one girl” suffers an honor killing, that’s “one too many.” (Photos: Ann Snyder)
First, tribal Arabia. Then Africa. Next, South Asia. After that, Europe. Last year, Canada. Now America. “Honor crimes” have arrived in the land of the free and the home of the brave…
On the outskirts of Atlanta, a South Asian man has been charged with killing his daughter. She reportedly wanted to leave her arranged marriage. But under the code of “honor” — an ancient cultural tradition by which hundreds of millions of contemporary Asians, Africans and Arabs live — divorcing your husband means shaming your entire family.
That’s an act of “dishonor.” And that’s a crime worthy of severe punishment, including death.
Read the rest of my commentary in The Huffington Post.
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