Articles with tag: Kill
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful
Azra Rashid Apr 20, 2008 interacts: 1022According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in 2007, 1205 women were reported to have been killed in the name of honor. Each year the number is doubling.
Death of Aqsa Pervez: A reflection on Canadian Muslim-Pakistanis
Nauman Mir Dec 16, 2007 interacts: 26As parents, we need to understand and acknowledge that our children deserve even more understanding and support because they are caught between two distinct worlds.
Chicken Biryani
Raiya Hashmi Dec 11, 2007 interacts: 9Almost halfway to his house, the bus came to a halt. A lot of buses stood there, vacant, the passengers forced to stand outside. There was some trouble up ahead...
Book Review: Killer Tune by Dreda Say Mitchell
Arun Reginald Aug 24, 2007 interacts: 5What is race? Is it the colour of our skins, or the faith of an individual, or is it the rebel within?
Reflections on the Virginia Tech School Tragedy
Khalid Sohail Apr 25, 2007 interacts: 143In this land of eminent scientists, avant-garde artists and Oscar award winning actors and directors, we also see the worst serial killers and mass murderers. For some their dreams come true and for others they turn into violent nightmares.
Kill for a Pill
Fazeel Chauhan May 6, 2006 interacts: 11And then call this patriotism like Hitler
Then call it “christianity”
And murder, “sanctioned by jesus
And god bless America”
First, Honor Thyself
Jawahara Saidullah May 1, 2006 interacts: 63Her virginity and her body is not hers alone. They are symbols of her family’s honor, whether it is her birth family or that of her husband
Cold Flesh
Godot Jun 17, 2005 interacts: 54Eesher Singh looked at Kalwant Kaur but unable to bear the heat of her piercing eyes, looked the other way.
Diary of a Rape Victim after her Death
Mubashir Butt Jan 3, 2005 interacts: 27Today is the fourth day from my death as I was shot dead on December 24, 2004 in Gujranwala.
The Real Blasphemy
Bina Shah Nov 17, 2004 interacts: 345Van Gogh had received death threats for directing a film that accused Islam of condoning violence against women... there is something in the subject that seems to arouse the basest of passions in the human heart; the need to annihilate the person who says
Honour Killing: Understanding The Legal Background
Nasir Ali Mar 9, 2004 interacts: 17Hadood Ordinance has provided this ill-practice, a legal cover. Now, the male members sit together, chalk out the plan and kill the women without the fear of any legal consequence.
Karo Kari
Ayesha H Ahmad Dec 11, 2003 interacts: 154They dragged her away and what her fate was, Fatima had not the heart to listen to. Miserably, she went and sat down by a tree, near the place. The sounds were very vague over there and she closed her eyes.
