Honor Killing in Germany
From FOXNews.com
The brutal "honor killing" of a 16-year-old girl by her brother has sparked a renewed debate in Germany over whether Islamic families can adapt to the social ways of the Western world.
The brutal "honor killing" of a 16-year-old girl by her brother has sparked a renewed debate in Germany over whether Islamic families can adapt to the social ways of the Western world.
The girl, Morsal Obeidi, was ambushed in the parking lot of a Hamburg McDonald's restaurant by her 23-year-old brother Ahmad, who stabbed the girl 20 times, Spiegel Online reported. Hamburg is home to more than 20,000 Afghan immigrants, the most of any European city, the Web site reported.Read More...
Labels: Europe, Islam, Multiculturalism
posted by Bruce Kelly at
7:16 AM
2 Comments:
I hope the perpetrator is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But I'd also like to see the political will to address the problem before it results in murder. These dishonorable killings are on the increase not only in Germany, but globally.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
The STOP HONORCIDE! campaign was launched on Mother's Day 2008. The goal of the campaign is to prosecute honorcides to the fullest extent of the law. We want honorcide to be classified as a hate crime and we advocate for every existing hate crime legislation to be amended to include honorcide.
http://www.reformislam.org/honorcide/
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