honor killings
As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women’s rights
By Isabel Debre and Malak Harb — February 21, 2022
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — For Kuwaitis, it's an unsettling trend in a country that once prided itself on its progressivism compared to its Gulf Arab neighbors.
As Trump cites ‘honor killings’ in new travel ban, UK debates banning the phrase
By Brian Pellot — March 10, 2017
(RNS) President Trump has called for a report on the number of ‘honor killings’ by foreign nationals in the U.S. Meanwhile, a Muslim member of the U.K.'s Parliament has introduced a bill to prohibit use of the term in official publications.
Trump travel ban orders a report on honor killings
By Kimberly Winston — March 6, 2017
(RNS) Civil liberties experts say the focus on honor killings is another attempt to target Muslims.
Pakistani clerics declare ‘honor killing’ against Islam
By RNS staff — June 13, 2016
LAHORE, Pakistan - Hundreds of Pakistanis, the vast majority women and girls, are murdered every year by relatives after being accused of damaging a family's honor.
German court rules for gay Muslim man threatened with death by his family
By Reuters — March 13, 2015
BERLIN (Reuters) Nasser El-Ahmad said his Muslim father vowed to slit his throat and his uncle threatened to burn him after dousing him with gas because they could not allow him to be gay.
One woman’s journey out of faith, family and fear
By Kimberly Winston — March 3, 2013
(RNS) A young woman stood outside a Greyhound bus with a ticket in her hand and a backpack over her shoulder. She was guilty of two offenses: rejecting her father's choice of husband and renouncing her family's Islamic faith. Deciding whether to boarding that bus, she said later, would be the hardest thing she had done in her 18 years.
Canadian imams issue fatwa against honor killings
By Tracy Gordon — February 6, 2012
TORONTO (RNS) Muslim leaders in Canada have issued a rare fatwa condemning ``honor killings'' after a Muslim man, his wife and son faced trial for the killings of four female relatives. By Ron Csillag.
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