On AlterNet: honor killings

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Westerners Who Condemn So-Called "Honor Killings" Must Confront Gender Violence Within Their Own Culture

Anna Momigliano, The Nation. February 4, 2010.

To consider honor killings in Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence against women in the Western world.

"Women Are Being Killed All Over the World": One Reporter's Fight Against So-Called "Honor Killings"

Robert S. Eshelman, The Brooklyn Rail. November 10, 2009.

A new book tells the story of so-called "honor killings" in Jordan. Author Rana Husseini discusses the growing movement against this deadly form of violence against women.

Five Women Buried Alive -- and the Media Ignore It

Riane Eisler, AlterNet. September 6, 2008.

Why is it that we get so outraged over war but look the other way when women and girls are beaten and murdered in the name of tradition?

Iraqi Mother Killed for Protesting Honor Killings

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. June 2, 2008.

The mother an honor killing victim is killed herself after leaving her husband.

The Horror of "Honor Killings"

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. May 12, 2008.

A young women in Iraq is murdered by her father. Her only crime - talking to a British soldier.

"Women Are Being Beheaded for Taking Their Veil Off": Honor Killings On Rise in Iraq

Terri Judd, Independent UK. April 30, 2008.

In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher.

Jordanian Journalist Breaks Taboos Campaigning Against Violence

Milon Nagi, Women's Media Center. June 9, 2007.

Rana Husseini, an award-winning Jordanian journalist, is leading the cause to expose and fight honor killings of women in the Middle East.

Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas

Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women. December 19, 2006.

The United States' so-called "liberation" of Iraqi women has made them less free than they were under the Baathist regime, with abduction, rape, and "honor" killings now a daily reality.