February 23, 2011

Teenager battered for refusing arranged marriage after father sold her

A brave teenager has spoken for the first time of the harrowing ordeal of being beaten up in […]
February 23, 2011

Pressure Increases for Release of Afghan Aid Worker Arrested for Being Christian

Pressure is mounting for the release of an Afghan Red Cross worker who was arrested last summer for […]
February 22, 2011

‘Action needed’ on forced marriage says abused teenager

The government is defending how it deals with forced marriage with one victim saying there is not enough […]
February 22, 2011

Four men slashed teacher’s face and left him with fractured skull ‘for teaching other religions to Muslim girls’

In East London, four men launched a horrific attack on a teacher in which they slashed his face […]
February 22, 2011

Iraqi guilty of murder in daughter’s “honor killing”

An Arizona jury on Tuesday found an Iraqi immigrant guilty of second-degree murder for running down his daughter […]
February 18, 2011

‘The Quran Is Our Law; Jihad Is Our Way’

In the Wall Street Journal, Ayaan writes: “For a sense of the kind of Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood […]
February 17, 2011

Swedish forced marriage laws ‘not strong enough’

Swedish laws against forced marriages and child marriages are not effective, the country’s migration board stated in a […]
February 17, 2011

‘Honour’ killer gets reduced sentence in Jordan

A Jordanian court handed down a reduced sentence to a 43-year-old man for killing his 16-year-old married niece […]
February 16, 2011

Afghan Government Control of Women’s Shelters Worries Advocates

The Afghan government says it plans to take control of women’s shelters — a move strongly opposed by […]
February 16, 2011

“Honor Killing” Jury Still Deliberating Faleh Almaleki’s Fate

Maricopa County jurors went home on Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the “honor killing” case of Glendale […]
February 16, 2011

Brave Bibi holds her head high

Dressed in skinny jeans and trendy Ugg boots, pretty Bibi Aisha strolls purposefully through New York’s bustling streets: […]
February 15, 2011

Multiculturalism has failed: Verhagen

The Dutch leader of the Christian Democratic party Maxime Verhagen on Monday said the multicultural society has failed: […]
February 14, 2011

Muslim convert wife and children ‘killed by abusive monster”

An “abusive monster” murdered his wife, a convert to Islam, and their two young children before taking his […]
February 13, 2011

Teens forced into marriages

As many as 50 underage New Zealand girls a year are being forced into marriages by Sikh and […]
February 10, 2011

Conservative Political Action Conference 2011

The AHA Foundation had a large presence to raise awareness of honor violence and other core foundation issues […]
February 10, 2011

Multiculturalism has failed, says French president

French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or […]
February 8, 2011

Turkish man kills wife and cuts off her head

Presumably out of a violated sense of “honor”, a Turkish-born man has killed and dismembered his wife in […]
February 8, 2011

Revolutionaries’ fervour is also their weakness

In the Financial Times, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes that the Egyptian revolutionaries’ fervour is also their weakness. via:[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7aa8dbe0-33c9-11e0-b1ed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DTnMBRdw […]
February 8, 2011

Honor Killings in Europe

In an analysis, Valentina Colombo writes that “Honor-related violence can now be described as a European phenomenon”. via:[http://www.hudson-ny.org/1849/honor-killings-in-europe]
February 7, 2011

‘Honor’ killing trial resumes in Phoenix

Arizona’s case of the Iraqi man accused of killing his daughter for honor was expected to wrap up […]