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Banaz Mahmod is not alone. "Britain's hidden 'honour' crimes," from Metro.co.uk, with thanks to IG:
Hundreds of 'honour' crimes take place in Britain and are on the increase, a leading Human Rights barrister has warned.Usha Sood, who specialises in Asian family cases, said they were becoming more common in the UK.
The alarm call comes as the victim of Britain's latet 'honour killing' had been dismissed by police as a fantasist as her father and uncle were convicted of murder.
Banaz Mahmod, 20, told officers her life was in danger four times and even gave them a list of three men she thought would murder her because she had fallen in love with someone her family disapproved of.
One of the men later admitted his part in the crime, while the other two have fled the country.
Weeks after she sent the list, Banaz's father, Mahmod Mahmod, lured her to her grandmother's house on New Year's Eve and made her drink alcohol....
Diana Nammi, of the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation, also told the BBC Five Live that there "lot of cases" of honour killings in the UK.
"There are lots of suicide cases where woman have been forced to commit suicide," she added.
Banaz feared for her life when her father came towards her menacingly, wearing gloves, and she jumped through a window.
Her boyfriend Rahmat Sulemani filmed her on a hospital trolley saying she was 'really scared'.
But when she told a police officer, PC Angela Cornes, about what happened, her account was dismissed as fantasy.
Ms Cornes even wanted to have her charged with criminal damage for breaking the window....
Banaz last went to police in January last year following a kidnap attempt on her boyfriend but declined an offer of a safe house.
She was murdered the next day.
Posted by Robert at June 12, 2007 3:30 PM
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Greetings:
Enough with the "honor" killings.
There is no hinr in slaughtering the defenseless for any reason, especially misguided ones.
These are premeditated murders.
Posted by: 11B40![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 12, 2007 3:54 PM
Greetings:
Let me try that again.
Enough with the "honour" killings.
There is no honor in slaughtering the defenseless for any reason, especially misguided ones.
These are premeditated religious murders.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2007 3:57 PM
This post from yesterday states that the special police unit formed to investigate "Honour killings" was disbanded because it was "Politically incorrect" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/016861.php#c406493
Posted by: Fred at June 12, 2007 4:08 PM
The return of the clit-snatchers:
Posted by: sheik yer'mami at June 12, 2007 4:39 PM
Isn't the phrase "Islamic honor", an oxymoron?
Posted by: Timur at June 12, 2007 4:47 PM
Gee, I wonder how many "Honor Killings" are happening in America? I bet they are all un-reported also.
Posted by: mrockroll1969 at June 12, 2007 5:51 PM
Bet there's oodles of domestic violence that goes unreported.
Such a benefit to the economy.
at June 12, 2007 6:09 PM
In his post attached to yesterday's piece on this subject, Fred is, I think a little too kind towards Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
I gave up reading her stuff around 10 years ago, because I just could not stand it any longer. Today I was tempted, and I fell into looking at:
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/yasmin_alibhai_brown/
Not for very long, but I did look, and it reminded me of all the negative emotions with which she used to fill me.
I sympathise with her anger over honour killings, I really do, but for years she has made a living out of, in my opinion, denigrating Britain, and in doing so she has made her own small but significant contribution to the mess we are now in.
If you say something often enough, for long enough, some people will start to believe it, and others, while not actually believing it, will see that it is in their own interests to act as if they do. And so young women die because we have have policemen who will not police, social workers who will not work, and judges will not judge, because being accused of racism or of not listening to "The Community" would be a bad career move. Much better to wait until it is all over and then blame the victims for having acted provocatively......and now I had better stop because I am angry again. Thanks, Fred !
at June 12, 2007 6:16 PM
It might cause the liberal left to rethink their unthinking acceptance of Islam...
Mind same thing happens in Hinduism, Sikhism...
at June 12, 2007 6:27 PM
M Al-Content
Yes - I take your point I had to stop reading before I got too angry. She has changed to what I remembered, it must be writing for the Independent.
Posted by: Fred at June 12, 2007 6:52 PM
Fred,
in an effort to be fair to her, i have to say that she does seem to be more of a loose cannon than i had previously thought, with her fire being directed at many targets, including islamic elements, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmin_Alibhai-Brown
which i only read this evening.
however, the effort of saying that has completely burnt out my fairness circuits, so unless you are feeling gallant she is going to be on her own from now on!
at June 12, 2007 7:15 PM
M Al-Content, thanks for the link even though it is indeed unbearable to read her it is instructive:
"I can't describe to you the fury and hopelessness I feel every time another such case comes to light. That the police once again failed criminally to provide protection to a young woman proves this institution still betrays women, and those from "alien" backgrounds (in their eyes) even more abysmally so."
She should enjoy the last moments where people can get away with this move in public. I agree that the police did not act properly but probably out of fear of being called bigots.
No, our brilliant journalist wants it both ways; the evil West betrays alien women because it does not protect them but for the same writer to force aliens to join the West or leave would also be wrong.
In a world without Islamic terrorism it might be safe to have it both ways but the world is not the common room of a small liberal arts college.
Posted by: tokyobk at June 12, 2007 7:37 PM
There was a report a couple of years ago warning police in the West to do wider toxicology tests when dealing with unexplained deaths of young Indian women. There were some poisons from India often used in honour killings which Westerners were not aware of.
Posted by: James Martel at June 12, 2007 8:27 PM
from article: Members of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women questioned Pakistan's sincerity in tackling the issue of the extrajudicial killings...
'Extrajudicial killing's', is that what they call it? These people are lame, it's premeditated murder. Why is it not possible to call a spade a spade? Must be layer's of slimy PC, getting in the way.
We would not want to offend anyone by calling murder, murder...
at June 12, 2007 11:51 PM
There are also to be fair thousands of case of non-muslim honor killing like the hushand come home find strange man in bed with his wife so he put poison in her food or kill her and the man in a way that look like suside by his wife and strange man and what about the murder of Princess Diane by Prince Charles.
Posted by: DefenderofIslam at June 13, 2007 4:57 AM
"what about the murder of Princess Diane by Prince Charles.
Posted by: DefenderofIslam "
....oh really?....Her death was more likely an honor killing by the family of Dodi Al-Fayed (an Egyptian Muslim,incedently) who were horrified that his female friend was a Christian woman (who alledgedly had many boyfriends) who refused to convert and who, in fact, had convinced Dodi Fayed to give up Islam...Before Diana, Dodi was known as a sex crazed playboy. His string of captured pearls were said to have included Brooke Shields, Joanne Whalley, Cathy Lee Cosby and Julia Roberts....Dodi Al-Fayeds family was angered at their sons continued sexual relations with Christian women who refuse to convert to Islam....These women made the correct choice, they dumped DOdi...
at June 13, 2007 5:58 AM
degenderofIslam...are you really that dense, or are you just putting us on?
Posted by: duh_swami at June 13, 2007 6:28 AM
DefenderofIslam -
Only in islam do we find the deranged concept of "honour killing".
There is nothing similar in civilized societies.
at June 13, 2007 9:47 AM
Political correctness/multiculturalism, or, to give it its correct name, cultural marxism has taken over the UK. The government were so afraid of offending muslims that they allowed this murder to take place. Some might say they encouraged it in order to promote their marxist plans. The police, who incidentally get blamed, even though they now have their hands tied by the government, didn't stand a chance of helping this girl, thay are simply not allowed to do their job. Lets not forget that murdering your children for "honour" is part of what some people consider their "culture". Not all muslims hold this view but the ones who do are usually the ones who make the most noise in the UK. And we all know that in "multicultural Britain" if you shout loud enough, and complain loud enough you can do pretty much what you like and get away with it.
at June 13, 2007 10:27 AM
all -
DUH, he's a defender of izlam...he IS that dumb.
Posted by: Miss_Anthrope at June 13, 2007 3:59 PM
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