tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post2938376844750142313..comments2023-09-11T15:48:18.619+01:00Comments on Israel & Palestijnen Blog: Palestijnse vrouwen op Westoever bedreigd door eerwraakAbbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09457229874059893830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-44024344048222339472007-11-26T16:31:00.000+00:002007-11-26T16:31:00.000+00:00Tragically, women activists in Muslim countries fe...Tragically, women activists in Muslim countries fear speaking out against "honor" killings. Only rarely have women in a community banded together to finger the murderers of their sisters and daughters.<BR/><BR/>But what about the voices of women activists in the Western world? Where are their voices? Tongue-tied by a false sense of political correctness?<BR/><BR/>It is time all women -- and men -- speak out against the atrocities committed against women in the name of family honor.<BR/><BR/>>p>Karen Tintori, author<BR/><I>Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-37769136214778828502007-11-23T19:32:00.000+00:002007-11-23T19:32:00.000+00:00Actually, there are three Jordanian penal code art...Actually, there are three Jordanian penal code articles that offer leniency to the perpetrators of these crimes--Articles 97, 98, and 340 (not 341, as this report states). Usually, it is Article 98 that is invoked. It deals with crimes committed in "a fit of fury."<BR/><BR/>Ellen R. Sheeley, Author<BR/>"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com