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A 2009 book on honor killings reported that in some cases of honor killing that were brought before German courts, murder charges had been reduced to manslaughter. This has been called the "honor defense". [40] In 2005 Der Spiegel reported: "In the past four months, six Muslim women living in Berlin have been murdered by family members".
Honor killings occur in many parts of the world, but are most widely reported in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. [34] [35] [36] Historically, honor killings were also common in Southern Europe, until relatively recently. Generational family feuds resulting in murders continue to take place in Sardinia in the 21st century. [37]
The documentary opens by depicting Norma Khouri, author of the book Forbidden Love, which is purportedly the true story of "Dalia" – a young Muslim woman in Jordan murdered by her family in an honor killing because of her affair with a Christian soldier – as a woman bravely exposing a brutal and true story.
Khalida Brohi, Pakistani activist and author has spoken out around the world against so-called honor killings. Her memoir is 'I Should Have Honor.' How a cousin's murder led an Arizona woman to ...
In 2014, the research corporation Westat released a study on honor killings and violence entitled "Honor Violence Measurement Methods". The study was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice, and it identified four types of honor violence: honor killings, honor-based domestic violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation. The ...
Although honor killings are most often associated with the Middle East and South Asia, they occur in other parts of the world too. [157] [167] In India, honor killings occur in the northern regions of the country, especially in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Two parents allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter outside her high school in an attempted “honor killing” for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man, according to police.
The book explores the deeply rooted social practice of honor killing, analyzing its historical, cultural, and psychological aspects. Churchill aims to shed light on the causes of honor killing, drawing from original research and proposing methods for prevention to protect girls and women from falling victim to this tragic phenomenon. [1]