The shame of honour killings


	The shame of honour killings

Johanna_G

8-28-2007 9:23 PM

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women's rights, honour killings, misogyny, violence against women, human rights, patriarchic societies

Johanna_G says:

See also this clip, this one, and this one.

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8-29-2007 11:02 PM

Aden_Angel

oh god,,,this is sad,, in the beganing i thought it is some kind of a fake story post on the interent,,,my allah have mrcy on her,,,,i think it is just becuase they are uneducated,,,
thanks alot for the article Gohanna,,, great job

9-4-2007 10:42 AM

cptenaud

Any society that makes any of its members lesser
people. Will be a decaying society.

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