"Bullying women into suicide to restore 'honor'
European Muslims adjust to crackdown on family murders
Patti McCracken
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Imagine that a teenage boy walks up behind his sister, points a loaded gun at her head and pulls the trigger. This "honor killing" is carried out in conservative Muslim enclaves that are bound to draconian beliefs. Sometimes, the woman's "offense" is dating the wrong person or behaving in too Western a way. Killing her is seen as a way to restore a family's honor.
According to the United Nations, about 5,000 honor killings take place each year, most of them in the Middle East. "
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