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 == North America ==
-Honor killing has never been tolerated in the U.S., apart from the lynching of black men accused or raping white women, which was tolerated by some in the era of [[Jim Crow]].
+Honor killing has never been tolerated in the U.S., apart from the lynching of black men accused or raping white women, which was perpetrated by [[Democrat]]s in the era of [[Jim Crow]].
 One of the greatest of all American films deals with the topic. In ''The Searchers'' (1956), Ethan Edwards ([[John Wayne]]), a traditionalistic ex-Confederate, has returned to Texas to discover Comanches have raided his brother's ranch, killing or abducting the family. He tracks his young niece Debbie (Natalie Wood). After a five-year search Ethan discovers Debbie has been turned into a squaw and decides to execute her as an honor killing. He is encouraged by some, and denounced by others, especially Debbie's brother Martin Pawley, played by Jeffrey Hunter.

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 Honor killings are sanctioned in the [[Koran]] ... in Islamic prophetic tradition and law in general, there is a very strong presumption of women’s chastity along with numerous safeguards to prevent any imputation of unchastity. However if that chastity is broken --the Koran and [[Hadith]]s (traditions relating to the life and deeds of [[Muhammad]]) have a strong resolution -death by [[stoning]].
-The [[Kurds]] of northern [[Iraq]] are known to use [[stoning]] to carry out honor killings.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270111,00.html Video Surfaces Showing Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death for Relationship With Iraqi Sunni Boy] (May 4, 2007)</ref>
+The [[Kurds]] of northern [[Iraq]] are known to use [[stoning]] to carry out honor killings.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270111,00.html Video Surfaces Showing Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death for Relationship With Iraqi Sunni Boy] (May 4, 2007)</ref>
-In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>
+In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>
 == Middle East ==
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 Police estimate there are a dozen or so honor killings in [[Britain]] annually; even more women are sent back home where their fate is never known.
-[[Germany]] has also seen hideous cases of honor killings. In 2008, in [[Hamburg]], a 16-year-old [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref> In a 2009 case of self-[[censorship]] derived from the 2005 [[Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the German book publisher Droste Verlag canceled a novel about this barbaric practice, in fear that the book would offend the Muslim community and spark violent retaliations.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/10/09/german-publisher-fearing-muslim-retaliation-cancels-honor-killing-novel/ German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel] (October 9, 2009)</ref>
+[[Germany]] has also seen hideous cases of honor killings. In 2008, in [[Hamburg]], a 16-year-old [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref> In a 2009 case of self-[[censorship]] derived from the 2005 [[Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the German book publisher Droste Verlag canceled a novel about this barbaric practice, in fear that the book would offend the Muslim community and spark violent retaliations.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/10/09/german-publisher-fearing-muslim-retaliation-cancels-honor-killing-novel/ German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel] (October 9, 2009)</ref>
 == North America ==

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 [[Anthropologist]] [[James Emery]] found that, "[[Palestinian]] culture continues to equate the value of a woman's life to her inviolable [[purity]]. Whatever her progress, ancient traditions still engulf her. Should she become the unfortunate victim of rumor or [[rape]], she'll be sacrificed, just as her ancestors who swept across the [[Arabian Desert]] [[sacrifice]]d sheep and other animals in the name of [[honor]] and [[Islam]]."<ref>''World&I'' May 2003, p. 190</ref>
-The practice is especially prevalent in highly traditional societies, ranging from Islamic communities of the [[Middle East]] to Catholic [[Brazil]] and Eastern Orthodox [[Greece]].  Many of these countries have statutory laws against honour killing, but traditional or customary law permists the practice.<ref name="Law">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=Many of these countries have statutory laws against honor killing, but traditional or customary law permits the practice.|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref> The practice has also been imported into the Western World due to globalization.<ref name="Globalization">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t-01IYC8ROgC&pg=PT4213&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sclrT_y4O8n9ggfz8oyhBg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBjgK|title =Encyclopædia of Immigrant Health|author=Sana Loue, Dr Martha Sajatovic|publisher=[[Springer]]|quote=Honor killings may thus be expected to appear in societies and migrant communities where the idea of “honor” and the concomitant anxiety of social shame constitutes one of the focal cultural values is being primarily attributed to the proper behavior of the consanguinal female family members.|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>
+The practice is especially prevalent in highly traditional societies, ranging from Islamic communities of the [[Middle East]] to Catholic [[Brazil]] and Eastern Orthodox [[Greece]].  Many of these countries have statutory laws against honour killing, but traditional or customary law permists the practice.<ref name="Law">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=Many of these countries have statutory laws against honor killing, but traditional or customary law permits the practice.|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref> The practice has also been imported into the Western World due to globalization.<ref name="Globalization">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-01IYC8ROgC&pg=PT4213&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sclrT_y4O8n9ggfz8oyhBg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBjgK|title =Encyclopædia of Immigrant Health|author=Sana Loue, Dr Martha Sajatovic|publisher=[[Springer]]|quote=Honor killings may thus be expected to appear in societies and migrant communities where the idea of “honor” and the concomitant anxiety of social shame constitutes one of the focal cultural values is being primarily attributed to the proper behavior of the consanguinal female family members.|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>
-Most schools of Islamic [[jurisprudence]] legitimate the killing by the family of a married person caught in the act of [[adultery]]. Under [[Syria]]n law, an honor killing is not murder.<ref>"Honor, Crimes of." in ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, law, and politics'' ed. by Suad Joseph, (2005)[http://books.google.com/books?id=4Uyypm6T7ZsC&pg=RA1-PA221&dq=%22Under+Syrian+law,+an+honor+killing+is+not+murder,+and+the+man+who+commits+it+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false online edition]
+Most schools of Islamic [[jurisprudence]] legitimate the killing by the family of a married person caught in the act of [[adultery]]. Under [[Syria]]n law, an honor killing is not murder.<ref>"Honor, Crimes of." in ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, law, and politics'' ed. by Suad Joseph, (2005)[https://books.google.com/books?id=4Uyypm6T7ZsC&pg=RA1-PA221&dq=%22Under+Syrian+law,+an+honor+killing+is+not+murder,+and+the+man+who+commits+it+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false online edition]
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 == South Asia ==
-In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], honour killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009.<ref name="SouthAsia">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=In India and Pakistan, honor killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009 (U.S. State Dept. 2009).|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>
+In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], honour killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009.<ref name="SouthAsia">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=In India and Pakistan, honor killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009 (U.S. State Dept. 2009).|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>
 ==Further reading==
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 * Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina. "'Honour' Crimes in Contemporary Greece," ''British Journal of Sociology'', Vol. 20, No. 2 (June 1969), pp.&nbsp;205–218 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/588531 in JSTOR]
 * Van Eck, Clementine. ''Purified by Blood: Honor Killings amongst Turks in the Netherlands'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/read/109341020?title=Purified%20by%20Blood%3a%20%20Honour%20Killings%20Amongst%20Turks%20in%20the%20Netherlands online edition]
-* "Honor, Crimes of." in ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, law, and politics'' ed. by Suad Joseph, (2005)[http://books.google.com/books?id=4Uyypm6T7ZsC&pg=RA1-PA221&dq=%22Under+Syrian+law,+an+honor+killing+is+not+murder,+and+the+man+who+commits+it+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false online edition]
+* "Honor, Crimes of." in ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, law, and politics'' ed. by Suad Joseph, (2005)[https://books.google.com/books?id=4Uyypm6T7ZsC&pg=RA1-PA221&dq=%22Under+Syrian+law,+an+honor+killing+is+not+murder,+and+the+man+who+commits+it+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false online edition]
 ==See also==

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 Honor killings are sanctioned in the [[Koran]] ... in Islamic prophetic tradition and law in general, there is a very strong presumption of women’s chastity along with numerous safeguards to prevent any imputation of unchastity. However if that chastity is broken --the Koran and [[Hadith]]s (traditions relating to the life and deeds of [[Muhammad]]) have a strong resolution -death by [[stoning]].
-The [[Kurds]] of northern [[Iraq]] are known to use [[stoning]] to carry out honor killings.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270111,00.html Video Surfaces Showing Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death for Relationship With Iraqi Sunni Boy] (May 4, 2007)</ref>
+The [[Kurds]] of northern [[Iraq]] are known to use [[stoning]] to carry out honor killings.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270111,00.html Video Surfaces Showing Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death for Relationship With Iraqi Sunni Boy] (May 4, 2007)</ref>
-In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>
+In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>
 == Middle East ==
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 Police estimate there are a dozen or so honor killings in [[Britain]] annually; even more women are sent back home where their fate is never known.
-[[Germany]] has also seen hideous cases of honor killings. In 2008, in [[Hamburg]], a 16-year-old [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref> In a 2009 case of self-[[censorship]] derived from the 2005 [[Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the German book publisher Droste Verlag canceled a novel about this barbaric practice, in fear that the book would offend the Muslim community and spark violent retaliations.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/10/09/german-publisher-fearing-muslim-retaliation-cancels-honor-killing-novel/ German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel] (October 9, 2009)</ref>
+[[Germany]] has also seen hideous cases of honor killings. In 2008, in [[Hamburg]], a 16-year-old [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref> In a 2009 case of self-[[censorship]] derived from the 2005 [[Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the German book publisher Droste Verlag canceled a novel about this barbaric practice, in fear that the book would offend the Muslim community and spark violent retaliations.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/10/09/german-publisher-fearing-muslim-retaliation-cancels-honor-killing-novel/ German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel] (October 9, 2009)</ref>
 == North America ==

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 Honor killings are sanctioned in the [[Koran]] ... in Islamic prophetic tradition and law in general, there is a very strong presumption of women’s chastity along with numerous safeguards to prevent any imputation of unchastity. However if that chastity is broken --the Koran and [[Hadith]]s (traditions relating to the life and deeds of [[Muhammad]]) have a strong resolution -death by [[stoning]].
-The [[Kurds]] of northern [[Iraq]] are known to use [[stoning]] to carry out honor killings.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270111,00.html Video Surfaces Showing Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death for Relationship With Iraqi Sunni Boy] (May 4, 2007)</ref>
+The [[Kurds]] of northern [[Iraq]] are known to use [[stoning]] to carry out honor killings.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270111,00.html Video Surfaces Showing Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death for Relationship With Iraqi Sunni Boy] (May 4, 2007)</ref>
-In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>
+In [[Jordan]], about 20 women are murdered each year in honor killings, sometimes for simply dating a man. Until recently, the Jordanian penal code allowed for "honor" killers to get sentences as lenient as six months. Attempts to apply thougher punishments for these henious crimes are resisted and blocked by the country's Muslim lawmakers.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246712,00.html Jordanian Shoots Dead 17-Year-Old Daughter in Honor Killing] (January 25, 2007)</ref>
 == Middle East ==
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 Police estimate there are a dozen or so honor killings in [[Britain]] annually; even more women are sent back home where their fate is never known.
-[[Germany]] has also seen hideous cases of honor killings. In 2008, in [[Hamburg]], a 16-year-old [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref> In a 2009 case of self-[[censorship]] derived from the 2005 [[Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the German book publisher Droste Verlag canceled a novel about this barbaric practice, in fear that the book would offend the Muslim community and spark violent retaliations.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/10/09/german-publisher-fearing-muslim-retaliation-cancels-honor-killing-novel/ German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel] (October 9, 2009)</ref>
+[[Germany]] has also seen hideous cases of honor killings. In 2008, in [[Hamburg]], a 16-year-old [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref> In a 2009 case of self-[[censorship]] derived from the 2005 [[Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the German book publisher Droste Verlag canceled a novel about this barbaric practice, in fear that the book would offend the Muslim community and spark violent retaliations.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/10/09/german-publisher-fearing-muslim-retaliation-cancels-honor-killing-novel/ German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel] (October 9, 2009)</ref>
 == North America ==

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-'''Honor killing''', also spelled '''honour killing''', is the barbaric practice of killing a woman, often times by stoning her. The purpose of this practice is to restore a family's "honor" after the woman "dishonored" alleged sexual misconduct.
+'''Honor killing''', also spelled '''honour killing''', is the barbaric practice of killing a woman, oftentimes by stoning her. The purpose of this practice is to restore a family's "honor" after the woman "dishonored" alleged sexual misconduct.
 [[Anthropologist]] [[James Emery]] found that, "[[Palestinian]] culture continues to equate the value of a woman's life to her inviolable [[purity]]. Whatever her progress, ancient traditions still engulf her. Should she become the unfortunate victim of rumor or [[rape]], she'll be sacrificed, just as her ancestors who swept across the [[Arabian Desert]] [[sacrifice]]d sheep and other animals in the name of [[honor]] and [[Islam]]."<ref>''World&I'' May 2003, p. 190</ref>
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 == North America ==
-Honor killing has never been tolerated in the U.S., apart from the the lynching of black men accused or raping white women, which was tolerated by some in the era of [[Jim Crow]].
+Honor killing has never been tolerated in the U.S., apart from the lynching of black men accused or raping white women, which was tolerated by some in the era of [[Jim Crow]].
-One of the greatest of all American films deals with the topic. In ''The Searchers'' (1956), Ethan Edwards ([[John Wayne]]), a traditionalistic ex-Confederate, has returned to Texas to discover Comanches have raided his brother's ranch, killing or abducting the family. He tracks his young niece Debbie (Natalie Wood). After a five year search Ethan discovers Debbie has been turned into a squaw and decides to execute her as an honor killing. He is encouraged by some, and denounced by others, especially Debbie's brother Martin Pawley, played by Jeffrey Hunter.
+One of the greatest of all American films deals with the topic. In ''The Searchers'' (1956), Ethan Edwards ([[John Wayne]]), a traditionalistic ex-Confederate, has returned to Texas to discover Comanches have raided his brother's ranch, killing or abducting the family. He tracks his young niece Debbie (Natalie Wood). After a five-year search Ethan discovers Debbie has been turned into a squaw and decides to execute her as an honor killing. He is encouraged by some, and denounced by others, especially Debbie's brother Martin Pawley, played by Jeffrey Hunter.
 == South Asia ==
-In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], honour killings contine to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009.<ref name="SouthAsia">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=In India and Pakistan, honor killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009 (U.S. State Dept. 2009).|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>
+In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], honour killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009.<ref name="SouthAsia">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook|author=Karen L. Kinnear|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|quote=In India and Pakistan, honor killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009 (U.S. State Dept. 2009).|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>
 ==Further reading==
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	One of the greatest of all American films deals with the topic. In ''The Searchers'' (1956), Ethan Edwards ([[John Wayne]]), a traditionalistic ex-Confederate, has returned to Texas to discover Comanches have raided his brother's ranch, killing or abducting the family. He tracks his young niece Debbie (Natalie Wood). After a five year search Ethan discovers Debbie has been turned into a squaw and decides to execute her as an honor killing. He is encouraged by some, and denounced by others, especially Debbie's brother Martin Pawley, played by Jeffrey Hunter.		One of the greatest of all American films deals with the topic. In ''The Searchers'' (1956), Ethan Edwards ([[John Wayne]]), a traditionalistic ex-Confederate, has returned to Texas to discover Comanches have raided his brother's ranch, killing or abducting the family. He tracks his young niece Debbie (Natalie Wood). After a five year search Ethan discovers Debbie has been turned into a squaw and decides to execute her as an honor killing. He is encouraged by some, and denounced by others, especially Debbie's brother Martin Pawley, played by Jeffrey Hunter.
		+
		+	== South Asia ==
		+	In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], honour killings contine to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009.<ref name="SouthAsia">{{cite web\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oIjxVimxO_wC&pg=PA70&dq=honour+killing+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=psdrT6yWJYjqgQfJ6vXJBg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=honour%20killing%20india&f=false\|title =Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook\|author=Karen L. Kinnear\|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]\|quote=In India and Pakistan, honor killings continue to be a problem, with 73 crimes reported in India and over 600 in Pakistan in 2009 (U.S. State Dept. 2009).\|accessdate = 2011-03-05}}</ref>

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