Turkish girl buried alive by the family that loved her.

By , on 5 February, 2010

They say you always hurt the ones you love, but this is taking it too far:

A Turkish teenager found dead in a hole next to her house was probably buried alive, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

Medine Memi, 16, was found in the hole in December. Large amounts of soil were in her lungs . . . → Read More: Turkish girl buried alive by the family that loved her.

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The Horror of “Honor” Killings

By , on 2 September, 2008

Chalk another one up for that tried-and-true combination of religious fundamentalism and unchecked male aggression. Five Pakistani women, three of them teenagers, were shot and buried alive in rural Pakistan over the unspeakable horror of wanting to choose their own husbands. Naturally, it was relatives that kidnapped and killed them, but when they were arrested, . . . → Read More: The Horror of “Honor” Killings

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Islam is the “religion of peace and love”… eh… not so much. Part Two:

By , on 12 May, 2008

Here is the sort of peace and love the religion of Islam promotes:

My daughter deserved to die for falling in love’ – The Observer

For Abdel-Qader Ali there is only one regret: that he did not kill his daughter at birth. ‘If I had realised then what she would become, I would have killed . . . → Read More: Islam is the “religion of peace and love”… eh… not so much. Part Two:

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