Honor killings becoming the norm in WNY

Submitted by P.L. (United States), Feb 25, 2009 at 12:51

It is horrifying the media refuses to report on honor murders. This is the third successful honor murder in western NY in the last several years. I believe it was only mentioned once by media because it involved a beheading and they called it 'domestic abuse'. I

In Rochester another honor murder was diverted because the woman survived. The family watched as a man tryed to stab his sister to death for 'being a bad muslim girl". This was condoned by the family and the muslim community of Rochester. The man told the police we was committing an honor killing yet the media discounted his statement.

How many "domestic abuse" cases are honor attacks, we will never know because they are covered up by the politicians, the police, the media and the court system.

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