Grazia magazine - honour killing article

[southeastastra]

has anyone seen this. i'm so shocked by it.

what sort of world are we living in to let this happen..

And the women who are doused in petrol, set alight and whose deaths are recorded as suicide.

there's been quite a few 'honour' killings here in the uk too haven't there

Yes, there have been.

An ex colleague of mine who I always considered to be a very lovely sane person shocked me when she said "You could argue that honour killings are acceptable because they act as a deterrent and stop many women from straying". Needless to say I found her very difficult to be around after that statement.

yes there have been a few recently, wasn't one man given a life sentence for murdering his own daughter? because she didn't want to accept the husband her parents tried to force on her? I hope he sees her face every night before he goes to sleep.

I take it this comment was made by a man, nogoes?

No it was a woman which makes it even worse.

radio 4 programme listen again.

It is astounding. I think I read that the police now have special training to identify and prosecute crimes of this sort.

Thanks for the link, lionheart. Have signed. This sort of thing makes me too angry to comment, quite frankly.

bloody men

Rhetorical question, but why are these arseholes so frigging obsessed with and threatened by women's sexuality? AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!

I know, I know.

more depressing news the more i look the worse it gets

There's some serious neurosis going on with a lot of it.

Did anyone see the story earlier in the week about trying to get around 'free mixing' rules by allowing non-related male co-workers to suckle the women so they would be allowed to work with them? I'll try and find the link. Wierd in so many ways.

Here it is.

i don't know what to say to that suebaroo.

hudood law in Pakestan Finally repealed in 2006

that's so awful. women living under that law must have been afraid just leaving the house.

it's so depressing.

It's suffocating just to read about it.

god help those poor poor women.
i have a muslim friend who, although is lovely to me, still believes deep down that all these murders do stop women from straying etc and that women will always be 2nd class citizens. He is a doctor but his sister wasnt allowed to go to uni, and instead was married off to some indian twat who beat the shit out of her.

that wasnt meant to sound racist by the way, it was irrelevant that he was indian, just the culture i was referring to!

Signed

is this the one that was filmed on a mobile phone?

and who gave this the name 'honour' killing?

There is a video of this killing on YouTube

Did it say anyhthing about the person who filmed it?

Did they do it because they were directly involved or because they couldn't intervene and wanted to make sure it was recorded?