honor killing
noun
: the traditional practice in some countries of killing a family member who is believed to have brought shame on the family
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Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava will direct a film about Pakistani model and social media star Qandeel Baloch, who was murdered in an honor killing in 2016.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2022
An anti-honor killing bill passes unanimously in both houses of Parliament.
—CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
The sotah laws offer a useful example of how the Torah approaches repulsive social norms of ancient times such as honor killing.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2022
The psychological horror is set in a conservative household in 1930s Damascus and centers on an honor killing.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
It was called an honor killing, something common at the time.
—Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2022
After her death, Pakistan’s parliament passed an anti-honor killing law, which outlined harsher punishments and partially closed loopholes for some familial pardons, according to Human Rights Watch.
—Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022
Converts to Christianity in Yemen are at a high risk of honor killing or physical violence.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
Said’s Muslim faith — that the sisters were shot in an honor killing, a practice in some cultures in which men kill female relatives thought to have dishonored their families.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2022
An anti-honor killing bill passes unanimously in both houses of Parliament.
—CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
The sotah laws offer a useful example of how the Torah approaches repulsive social norms of ancient times such as honor killing.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2022
The psychological horror is set in a conservative household in 1930s Damascus and centers on an honor killing.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
It was called an honor killing, something common at the time.
—Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2022
After her death, Pakistan’s parliament passed an anti-honor killing law, which outlined harsher punishments and partially closed loopholes for some familial pardons, according to Human Rights Watch.
—Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022
Converts to Christianity in Yemen are at a high risk of honor killing or physical violence.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
Said’s Muslim faith — that the sisters were shot in an honor killing, a practice in some cultures in which men kill female relatives thought to have dishonored their families.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021
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