Posts Tagged: Honor Killings
Islamist Rise Puts Women at Risk in Turkey
For millions of women in Turkey, life has just become more dangerous. And that puts the future of the entire country at risk. At least one...
The Increasing Danger Facing Women in Turkey
There was Aylin Sozer in Istanbul, whose former boyfriend slit her throat and then burned her alive. There was 23-year-old Sule Cet, raped by her boss...
New York Times Article: ‘Nearly 30% of All Murder Cases in Iran Were Honor Killings’
The New York Times has a good article about the horrible “honor killing” of a 14-year old girl by her father, because she had a...
Do Women’s Rights Matter to J Street?
JNS.org - J Street's controversial response to the sexual harassment of one of its staff members raises questions as to whether its attitude toward women's...
America Must Save Muslims Facing Death by Extremists
I had the most amazing experience last Friday. Ever since the New York Times first published the story of a young couple named Zakia and Mohammed...
The Guardian Blames Palestinian Misogyny, Rape, and Violence on Israel
A January 1 article published in the Guardian's Global Development section by Liz Ford started off promisingly enough, with a rare look into the culture of misogyny, rape,...
United Nations Concerned by Honor Killings Increase in West Bank
Jerusalem Post - UN Women, the United Nations' organization for women's rights, is "seriously concerned" by rising rates of violence against women, including "honor" killings...
Women Are the Real Victims of the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring, with the rising tide of hope for democracy and change it ushered in, has turned to autumn. For women it has become...
Palestinians Blame Honor Killings on Israel
From Reuters: A silvery green olive grove set in the red soil of a Palestinian village is a crime scene - testament to a practice so sensitive...
Palestinian Honor Killings Dramatically Increase in 2013
According to the Palestinian NGO Women's Center for Legal Aid Counseling, a total of 25 Palestinian women have been murdered this year in honor crimes,...
Palestinian Indicted for Murder of Israeli Father of Five
Jerusalem Post - The Samaria IDF court on Wednesday indicted Palestinian Salam Zagal for the murder of an Israeli settler stabbed to death at the Tapuah...
Muslim Acts of Beheading in the West
The gruesome murder last week of a soldier outside London by a Muslim convert, Michael Adebolajo, brings to mind that throat slitting and...
Say Hello to the New Tribal Middle East
A recent picture taken in Gaza reveals more than all the sanctimonious speeches calling on Israel to be "humane" or "proportional" in fighting the Islamic terror state in Gaza that has made life a...
The Middle East’s Real Apartheid
In light of Israel Apartheid Week, which hit cities and campuses throughout the world recently, supporters of the Jewish state find it difficult to agree...
