Another Muslim Rumor [Honor] Killing
February 11, 2007, 3:01 pm |
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By Andrew L. Jaffee
A Dubai man “has been charged with the premeditated murder of his sister… after receiving an anonymous call suggesting she was having ‘extramarital affairs’.” Wow. This is the basis for murdering your own sister? In other news today, Shiite vs. Sunni violence in Iraq — a truck bombing — has killed 15 and injured 25. Still wondering whether Islam has a problem?
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April 29th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
[…] Foolishly, but not surprisingly, the UN Commission on the Status of Women singled out Israel as the only country “found in violation of women’s rights” — while Arab/Muslim women are being whipped, murdered in honor killings, and beaten up for holding peaceful demonstrations. Israel’s Knesset (parliament) is democratically debating whether females, who already serve on the frontlines of defending the Jewish state, should be allowed to serve in “tank and infantry formations.” You go, (girls): …But things have changed, and now an army-appointed commission of academics and officers is studying whether to integrate the army’s last all-male preserve: infantry, armor and special forces. […]