They are changing America by changing the people
I was amazed to see a cover story about honor killings in America in Marie Claire. I hardly ever look at the magazines at my hairdresser’s, but this jumped out at me so I read the article, An American Honor Killing by Abigail Pesta. Pesta is an editor of the magazine, and this was clearly … Continue reading Honor killings in America: in Marie Claire, of all places
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, refugee from Islam, and from death threats in the Netherlands, was interviewed by Mona Charen in a piece titled Misplaced Sensitivity to Islam. Charen reports: Like other major liberal outlets, the Times has been utterly derelict in reporting about another aspect of life among American Muslims — honor killing. When it comes … Continue reading Honor killings in America: Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks out
This is not news to us, we know it well, but what is so surprising is that it appears in USA Today, a major mainstream publication one would think might not be wandering outside accepted politically correct boundaries. Muslim immigrant men have been accused of six “honor killings” in the United States in the past two … Continue reading USA Today: Muslim honor killings on the rise in US
Phyllis Chesler’s scholarly study of honor killings continues to be discussed. I referred to it in a post in February, after the New York State beheading hit the news. Now here is an interview of Chesler by Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review. It begins: Kathryn Jean Lopez: What exactly is an honor killing? And is it odd for … Continue reading More from Phyllis Chesler on honor killings
The recently reported beheading of a woman by her “moderate Muslim” husband near Buffalo, N.Y., was an honor killing. (I posted on it here.) She had left her husband, and he was bent on restoring his honor. (He was also just bent, period.) As we refuse to discriminate between would-be immigrants based on such notions … Continue reading Honor killings: the fruit of our indiscriminate immigration policy