Category: Bin Ladenism

reports and articles on those with extremist views that mirror those of Osama Bin Laden

Turkey: More reports of “honor killings” in Turkey

Turkey: More reports of “honor killings” in Turkey

(Turkey) Another “Dishonorable” Murder Attempt
http://www.kamilpasha.com/2009/05/16/another-dishonorable-murder-attempt/
— “23-year-old Yildiz A. was stabbed in the stomach six or seven times and her nose and ears and part of her lip cut off, then she was dumped in a field on the road between Boyalan and Taskesen villages”
— “Yildiz A. was married and accused of having a relationship with another man, so a ‘family council’ was called and it was decided to kill her to ‘cleanse the family’s honor'”
— Previous Reports:
—- “Turkey: Poll – Over a Quarter Support Extremist ‘Honor Killings'”
—- “The dirty secret of Turkey’s honour killings”
—- “Turkey – Extremists Criticize ‘Feminist’ Reporting on So-Called ‘Honor Killings'”
—- “Turkey – Top court lenient on ‘honor killing'”

Europe: Number of “Honor Killings” in Europe Higher Than Thought

(Europe) Number of Honor Killings in Europe Higher Than Thought
— “A report compiled by the Council of Europe warns that the killings of women by family members to protect their so-called honor is far more extensive in Europe than previously believed.”
— “Here in Turkey the figures for 2007 show that over 200 women were killed here in the name of family or community honor, and that is frankly unacceptable in a modern Europe,” Austin said. “And it’s just the tip of the iceberg: In the United Kingdom; in Germany; in Belgium; in France; in Norway, there is evidence of honor crimes and honor killings.”

— Related website

Israel: Arab Web surfer asks: Can I kill my cousin for ‘family honor’?

(Israel) Arab Web surfer asks: Can I kill my cousin for ‘family honor’?
— “Should a man kill his female cousin who compromised the ‘family honor’?
A user posted that question to Israel’s fourth most popular Arabic-language
Web site, Panet, last week, and said he intended to do so.”

Thailand: 2 women shot dead, burned in South

(Thailand) Pattani: 2 women shot dead, burned in South
— “Two elderly women were shot dead and their bodies set on fire on
Wednesday in the latest atrocity in the troubled far south, police said. They blamed the murders on separatists.”
— “They said a 62-year-old woman and her 78-year-old mother-in-law returning home by motorbike from a market  in Pattani province were killed in a drive-by shooting.”

Pakistan: “Karo-Kiri” used to justify so-called “honor killings”

(Pakistan) Sindh’s Karachi: Man axes wife, lover
— “A man axed his young wife and her alleged paramour claiming karo-kari at Qazzafi Town within the jurisdiction of Shah Latif police station on Wednesday.”
— “The victims of the incident were identified as Shazia, 21, daughter of
Mohammad Yousuf and her relative Jan Mohammad, 35, son of Ghulab”

— “Karo-Kiri” used to justify extremist so-called “honor killings”


UK: Forced Marriage by Extremists

(UK) Muslim mother who sent her school age daughters to Pakistan to marry their cousins is jailed for 3 years
— “The woman then altered documents to make it appear her daughters were
18 and then forced her daughters to marry.”
— “During the girls’ ordeal their mother from Manchester told her eldest daughter that unless she consumated the marriage, she would ‘tie her to the bed, blindfold her and strip her’ and watch to make sure she had sex with her new husband.”
— “The grooms-to-be then tied the knot with the two terrified sisters in a
joint ceremony as their mother looked on before the girls were forced to become their new husbands’ sex slaves.”