They are changing America by changing the people
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
Update 2/25/09: Phyllis Chesler has a great article at FrontPage Magazine summarizing reactions from Muslims and feminists about the beheading and the controversy over whether it was an honor killing or not. It is so packed with information that I can’t summarize it; read the whole thing. My post on honor killing has attracted some notice from … Continue reading Feminists dispute “honor killing”
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
I was going to update you yesterday on the Georgia honor killing we first reported last July here. NPR did a lengthy piece on it yesterday here. But, I notice that Robert Spencer really dissects the NPR story at Jihad Watch, so I will just send you there now because I could never explain the … Continue reading Georgia Honor Killing Update
Both Mark Steyn and Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) reported on a story from Canada yesterday about a gorgeous 16-year-old Muslim girl murdered by her father for becoming too Canadian (too westernized). Atlas Shrugs is taking up a collection to purchase a grave marker for the forgotten teenager. See our previous coverage of this barbaric Islamic practice here.