Murder in the Name of Honor

by Rana Husseini

  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