Thanks. Good article. It is nice to see the reactions I was expecting, and still disappointing to see the "organizations" still justifying or denying it.
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.meforum.org/article/2067 > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I saw a blub on MSNBC about the American Islamic Center speaking out > > against the "honor killing" in Buffalo and calling for all Muslims to > > denounce the practice: > > > > NOW condemns prosecutors > > The New York president of the National Organization for Women, Marcia > > Pappas, condemned prosecutors for referring to the death as an > > apparent case of domestic violence. > > > > "This was, apparently, a terroristic version of 'honor killing,'" a > > statement from NOW said. > > > > Nadia Shahram, who teaches family law and Islam at the University at > > Buffalo Law School, explained honor killing as a practice still > > accepted among fanatical Muslim men who feel betrayed by their wives. > > > > "If a woman breaks the law which the husband or father has placed for > > the wife or daughter, honor killing has been justified," said Shahram, > > who was a regular panelist on a law show produced by Bridges TV. "It > > happens all the time. It's been practiced in countries such as > > Pakistan and in India." > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
