Honor killing News

Another honor killing incident took place at Kearha village in the northern Indian province of Kaimur, situated at around 95 miles west of the state capital Patna.

London - The parents of a 17-year old girl will serve at least 25 years in a British prison for killing their daughter over her choice to live a "Westernized" lifestyle and become a lawyer, CNN reports.

A couple is accused of murdering their teenage daughter for trying to go on dates with boys, an act her parents say brought shame on them, making her into a daughter they could never be proud of, a court has heard.

The growing influence of Islamic teaching in U.S. public schools is causing concern in several different states such as Massachusetts and Virginia.

Four men in London planned to burn down the house of a man who was having an affair with one of their sisters, but they targeted the wrong house, and killed an innocent couple.

The body of a 16-year-old girl, reportedly buried alive simply because she spoke to boys, has been recovered by police in Southeastern Turkey.

Disgracing her family by leaving an abusive husband while with child, Fellah* was meant to die. After her brother mistakenly thought she was dead, dropping her body in a field, fate would have it she would escape the Southern Syrian village alive.

It is another gruesome honor killing in Pakistan: this time it is a 17-year-old girl was killed after she was mauled by dogs and shot to death in front of her father.

Recently, three teenage girls were buried alive by their own relatives after their parents refused to give them permission to marry their boyfriends, who belonged to another tribe. Women in Pakistan say it is a man’s world.

A lawmaker in Pakistan defended the tribesman, who buried five women alive recently for wanting to choose their own husbands in Baluchistan province. He said they have a right to follow centuries-old traditions.