Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman, Violent Extemism-Style – by Phyllis Chesler
Day: May 2, 2009
Dr. Phyllis Chesler’s April 21, 2009 Speech about Muslim Women’s Rights /Islamic Gender Apartheid
Pakistan: “Brother kills girl for honour”
(Pakistan) “Brother kills girl for honour”
— “Saira Bano, 19, was shot dead by her brother in Mehmoodabad police limits.”
— “A teenage girl was killed by her brother, as she eloped with a non-Muslim man”
— Teenage girl shot dead over matrimonial dispute – shot dead by her brother
Afghani kills daughter, boyfriend
Afghani kills daughter, boyfriend
— “The motive for the murders was likely to protect family ‘honour’. Similar killings are common in rural Afghanistan but rarely reported”
Saudi Arabia: Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride
Saudi Arabia: Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride
— “A 50-year-old Saudi man has agreed to divorce his nine-year-old bride, after the marriage drew international criticism.”
— AP: 8-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband
Pakistan: Pashto female singer killed
Pakistan: Pashto female singer killed
— “Her husband Usman reported at Paharipura Police Station that the
singer’s brothers Alamgir and Ismaeel were not happy with her having
singing profession despite their disapproval. They (allegedly) opened fire
on her near Koochi Plaza and killed her.”
Pakistan: Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas
http://www.rferl.org/content/Female_Pakistani_Singer_Killed_In_Peshawar/1618412.html
UK Oldham: Forced Marriage Conference report
UK Oldham: Forced Marriage Conference report
— “A mother holds still the legs of her pregnant daughter while
her son strangles the life out of her — and then stands in the dock
and defends her actions on the grounds of honour.”
Pakistan: Taliban gunmen shooting couple dead for adultery caught on camera
Pakistan: NWFP: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order — Kala Dhaka
Pakistan: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order — Kala Dhaka
— “A man and a woman who had eloped were executed on a jirga’s order in Kala Dhaka.”
— Tehsildar Jamshed Khan: “There is no other law except the jirga system in the area.”
— “They were required to be presented in a court in Alpuri on May 5.”
Egypt – Convert Woman Arrested for Marrying Christian
Egypt – Convert Woman Arrested for Marrying Christian
— “Christian convert Raheal Henen Mussa and her Coptic husband are hiding from police and her Muslim family for violating an article of Islamic law (sharia) that doesn’t exist in the Egyptian penal code”
— “Mussa’s family took her from police custody on Sunday (April 19), but she escaped from them
on Tuesday (April 21). She and her husband fled Cairo and are in hiding.”