It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders -- of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive for the "honour" of their families -- are as barbaric as they are shameful. Many women's groups in the Middle East and South-west Asia suspect the victims are at least four times the United Nations' latest world figure of around 5,000 deaths a year. Most of the victims are young, many are teenagers, slaughtered under a vile tradition that goes back hundreds of years but which now spans half the globe.
he spends some time trying to de-Islamicize the problem but then gives examples and, surprise, the worst of the worst tend to all be Islamic honor killings |