Rus, Carla 196
Sabbagh, Amal 97
Al-Sabeel newspaper 72–3
Saddam Hussein 116–17, 124–5
Saeed Ali, Tahsin 120
Sahindal, Fadime (victim) 184–7
Said, Amina Yaser (victim) 210–11
Said, Islam 210
Said, Patricia 210–11
Said, Sarah Yaser (victim) 210
Said, Yaser Abdel (killer) 210–11
Saifi-Husseini, Randa 43–4
Salem, Soraia 206
Salma (sister of victim) 49, 123
Samander, Rahimullah 115
Samera (victim) 150
Sana (sister of victim) 45–7
Sanghera, Jasvinder 168
Sarhan (killer) 9–15, 85, 217
Sarwar, Malulvi Ghulam 114
Sarwar, Samia (victim) 105, 106–10
Sarwar, Yunus 106–7
Saudi Arabia, honour crimes in 141–3
Seale, Margaret 97
Shaheen, Mohammad 171
Shahroudi, Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi 131
Shakoor, Abdul 113
Shalbak, Ihab 96, 99
Shamroukh, Nadia 51, 55
Sharaf Heroes (Sweden) 190–1, 215
Sharaf, Leila 57, 87
Sharia:
and divorce 78–9
and honour killing 16, 35, 52, 64, 68–70, 73, 127–8, 190
and politics 71–2
Singh, Jagdeesh 169–70
Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights 137
society, and honour killing 5, 10, 13–16, 29, 36, 58, 64
Somayeh (victim) 132
Spain, honour crimes in 197
Steffens, Volker 197
stoning 106, 112, 118–21, 131–2, 145
Straw, Jack 170
suicide:
forced 151, 199
and honour 117, 125–6, 156, 159, 196
killing disguised as xi, 102, 127, 137, 146, 150, 175, 199
Suleimani, Rahmat 162–4, 165–6
Sürücü, Ayhan (killer) 197
Sürücü, Hatin (victim) 197
Sweden:
honour crimes in 104, 184–7, 191–2
immigrant communities 188–91, 195
Sydney Morning Herald 96–7, 99, 152–3
Syed, Mushahid Hussain 109
Syria:
honour crimes in 134–6
Penal Code 135
Syrian General Union of Women 135–6
Syrian Women Observatory 135
Al-Tahrir Party (Liberation Party) 53
Al-Tamimi, Sheikh Izzedin Al-Khatib 51–2
Tangelder, Bernard 73
Tantawi, Sheikh Mohammad Said 69–70
Tarawneh, Fayez 58, 70, 87
Tarazi, Nasri 41
Tawalbeh, Israa 85
teenagers, and honour-based violence 179–80
Thornberg, Richard 205
Thornton, Sarah 181, 182
Al-Timani, Fatima (victim) 142–3
Time magazine 106, 109–10
The Times 168
Touma-Sliman, Aida 151–2
tourism, in Jordan 59, 90, 95
tradition:
in immigrant communities 157, 214
in Iraq 119–20, 123, 128
in Jordan 5, 10, 13–16, 36, 58, 64–7
in Pakistan 108–9, 111
Turkey:
honour crimes in 104, 144–7, 217, 219
Penal Code 145–6
Turkish Islamic Cultural Federation (TICF) 196
Uganda, honour crimes in 104
UK:
and crimes of passion xiii, 181–2
and forced marriages 176–7
and government action 176–82
and honour crimes xii, xiv, 59, 104, 157–82
Kurdish immigrants 145
Um Kalthoum 135
Um Mohammad 45–7, 49–50
UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 122–3, 127
UN Commission on Human Rights 104, 108, 183–4
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 40, 207
UN Special Report on Violence against Women 124
United Nations:
and number of honour killings xi, 102
Resolution 57/179 103
Universal Declaration of Human Rights x, 140
USA:
and campaign against honour killings 53, 73, 78
honour crimes in xii, xiii–xiv, 104, 156, 203–13
Violence Policy Center 207–8
USA Today 90, 93
Usman, Zilla Huma 114
Van Gogh, Theo 195
veil 114, 166
violence against women:
in Afghanistan 114–16
in Iran 131–4
in Iraq 117–24
in Jordan ix–x, 40–1, 81–3, 86–7
in Lebanon 140
mobile-phone related 123
in Pakistan 105–6, 110, 112–13
in Syria 134–6
in UK 158
as worldwide issue 102–4
in Yemen 136–7
Violence against Women network 184
virginity:
in China 217–18
and honour 83–5, 143–4, 148–9, 185
loss seen as crime 10–13
tests 83–5, 126
Wakim, Joseph 99
Wardam, Batir 56
Whittaker, Paul 97
Winkler, Theodor 102–3
witnesses, intimidation 166
women:
acceptance of honour crimes 46–8
in Afghan Parliament 115
blamed for adultery 41, 51, 52, 58
committing honour crimes 48–9, 138
and divorce 77–9, 82
and genital mutilation 117, 215
in Jordanian Parliament 52, 74, 79
as property x, 101–2, 174, 208–9
in protective custody 27–30, 221
and suicide 125–6
see also discrimination, gender; virginity
Yasmin (victim) 10–15
Yazidism, in Iraq 117–21
Yemen, honour crimes in 104, 136–7
Yildiz, Ahmet (victim) 146–7
Yones, Abdullah (killer) 158–61
Yones, Heshu (victim) 158–60, 184, 221
Zaki, Akram 109
Zaki, Zakia (victim) 114–15
Zamzeh, Zeid 56
Zarife (victim) 195
Zehri, Israrullah 109, 111
Zia, Mussuut 174
Zia ul-Haq, Mohammad 111
Zima, Suzanne 151
Zuby, Ghaleb 79
Zuhd, Abdul Latif 41
Zuhur, Sherifa 137
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