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Lebanese man arrested for sister’s ‘honor killing’

R.E.A.L. Organization — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:05:33 +0000

Lebanese man arrested for sister’s ‘honor killing’ — in Hakr al-Daheri
– AFP: “‘The 24-year-old victim was single and apparently had a boyfriend,’ the security official told AFP. ‘(Her brother) admitted shooting her twice in the head to cleanse the family honour.’”
– Additional report

Pakistan: Report of Attack on Christian Family to Get Withdrawl of Rape Cape — Muneeran Bibi

R.E.A.L. Organization — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:54:53 +0000

Pakistan Christian Post reports:
— “Mr. Ezra Shujaat advocate have filed a Writ Petition in High Court to lodge First Information Report FIR against Muslim attackers on a Christian Family when police denied to register case on request of injured family.”
— “According to reports, on February 26, 2010, at 3;00 PM when Muneeran Bibi along with her father and other sisters was doing house hold, five Muslims, Mohammad Sajid equipped with pistol, Mohammad Shareef equipped with Knife, Mohammad Wajid holing a stick, and two unknown persons forcibly entered in their home and started beating them,”
— “Mohammad Shreef loudly instructed his companions to kidnap Muneeran and her younger sister Sheena, but when the family resisted, they torn the clothes of Muneeran and others.”
— “Mohammad Shareef attacked Muneeran and gave four injures with knife, Muneeran fell down unconscious, during this people from neighbor hood came and attackers ran away.”
— “Muuneeran Bibi was taken to hospital but fist police refused to lodge FIR on which Advocate Ezra Shujaat filed writ petition in court and got the order for lodging FIR,”
— “In fact on 8th April 2007,on Easter Sunday .the younger sister of Muneeran ,named Sheena aged 13 years was kidnapped and sexually abused by four Muslims.”
— “The trial of kidnapping of Sheena is pending in court and on final stage. Now,the family was attacked to pressurize them to withdraw pending case”

Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban

R.E.A.L. Organization — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:17:11 +0000

Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban

Honor killings on the rise in Palestinian territories – over 13 killed since beginning of 2010

R.E.A.L. Organization — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:02:10 +0000

Honor killings on the rise in Palestinian territories
– Palestinian Note: “More than 13 women have died in “honor killings” since the start of 2010, reports Palestine Think Tank’s Kawther Salam.”

Pakistan: Reports of Christian Girl Burnt Alive After Rape

R.E.A.L. Organization — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:39:15 +0000

Pakistani Christian girl burnt alive after rape by Muslim employer — Kiran George
Pakistan Christian Post reports:
— “A Christian girl working as housemaid was raped by son her Muslim employer and on her threats to report police was burnt by rapist and his sister in city of Sheikhupura in Punjab province of Pakistan.”
— “Kiran George was 80% burnt when Mohammad Ahmad Raza and his sister threw petrol on her and set her on fire to keep her mouth shut to report rape.”
— “Kiran George was brought to Mayo Hospital Lahore from Sheikhupura on March 9, 2010, where she recorded her statement to police that Mohammad Ahmed Raza raped her in his home during work.”
— “She died here in Mayo Hospital Lahore today and her dead body was taken back to her home in Jahangirabad colony in Sheipkupura.”
— “Sheikhupura is some 40 miles from city of Lahore, Punjab.”
— “Sources told PCP that Kiran George have complained with her friends about bad behavior of Mohammad Ahmad Raza to her friends but was hesitant to leave job due to poverty of her parents.”
— “Muslim employer of Kiran George instead of taking her to hospital called her parents and made a story that her clothes caught fire when she was cleaning kitchen.”
— “It is second case of rape-murder of Christian housemaid in Punjab, when Shazia Bashir was raped and murder by her Muslim employer Mohammad Naeem advocate on 21st January 2010, in city of Lahore.”
— “According to PCP, the relatives of Kiran George blocked road and burnt tires and demanded arrest of killers.”
– Christian community takes to streets over maid’s murder
— Pakistan Daily Times reports:
— “The Christian community on Thursday blocked the Lahore-Sheikhupura Road in protest against the alleged murder of a Christian maid by her employers.”
— “The family of the deceased girl, Kiran, alleged that Ahmed Raza, along with his mother and another relative, had doused the victim with petrol and set her on fire following a marriage dispute.”
— The Station House Officer (SHO) “said that some days ago Ahmad and his family had allegedly burnt Kiran after she demanded that Ahmad marry her. He said that police had registered a case and had arrested the culprits.”

Kirian George (Photo: Pakistan Christian Post)

Canada: Muslim child brides on rise

R.E.A.L. Organization — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:34:21 +0000

Canada: Muslim child brides on rise
– Toronto Sun: “Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships of husbands trying to bring their child-brides to Canada. The men have to reapply when the bride turns 16. The marriages are permitted under Sharia Law.”

Egypt’s chilling conservatism — with women the biggest losers

R.E.A.L. Organization — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:06 +0000

Egypt’s chilling conservatism
– A new religious conservatism is on the march in Egypt, with women the biggest losers

India: “Islamic clerics oppose women’s reservation”

R.E.A.L. Organization — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:20 +0000

India: “Islamic clerics oppose women’s reservation”
– IANS: “Maulana Saeed-ur Rehman, principal of the Lucknow-based internationally renowned Nadwat-ul-Ulema seminary, told IANS: ‘It was un-Islamic for any Muslim woman to contest an election in a secular nation.’”

Report on Noor Almaleki trial — and background from co-workers

R.E.A.L. Organization — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:13 +0000

Report on Noor Almaleki trial — and background from co-workers

In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Conflict Escalates over Child Bride Marriages

R.E.A.L. Organization — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:44 +0000

In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Conflict Escalates over Child Bride Marriages