Honor killing in Georgia
Chaudhry Rashad, 54, apparently became angry during an argument in which the victim, Sandela Kanwal, told him she wanted out of the marriage, Clayton police spokesman Timothy Owens said.
The father and daughter are both of Pakistani origin.
From FOX Atlanta: this is the father-killer:
Related: Pakistan is trying to stop honor killings:
Pakistan’s last government had introduced three laws for safeguarding the rights of women and aimed at curbing the practice of honour killing and inhuman customs of swara and vani (giving away small girls to settle family disputes), allowing bail to women in most of the offences and amending the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance so as to stop its misuse.
The women from tribal areas from the North have still been deprived of these rights.
Tags Technorati: honor killing, Georgia, Islamism, Islam, women’s rights, Pakistan.
Too bad the reporter didn’t call it what it is.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
“Reclaiming Honor in Jordan”
http://www.redroom.com/author/ellen-r-sheeley
ERS
July 7, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I agree completely. But that wouldn’t be politically correct…
blogfreeworld
July 7, 2008 at 9:22 pm
[...] “The family was very stressed” July 9, 2008 Posted by blogfreeworld in Islamism, Religion, society. Tags: honor killing, Pakistani American Community of Atlanta, Sandela Kanwal, Shahid Malik, USA trackback This is what Shahid Malik of the Pakistani American Community of Atlanta has said about the honor killing of Sandela Kanwal by her own father, Chaudhry Rashad. [...]
“The family was very stressed” « Blogging for a free world
July 9, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Honor killings: latest cases…
On recent days, several news about honor killings have been known. The first took place in Georgia, where a man of Pakistani origins, Chaudhry Rashad, 54, apparently became angry with the victim, his own daughter, 25-years-old Sandela Kanwal, and stran…
Hyscience
July 9, 2008 at 8:19 pm
[...] the police that “he was innocent” and as ever does not mention at all that it was an honor [...]
Georgia’s honor killer: “I have done nothing wrong” « Blogging for a free world
July 11, 2008 at 8:40 pm