04375oam 2200733I 450 991078493560332120230725023902.01-136-93810-91-136-93811-71-282-73274-997866127327440-203-84698-210.4324/9780203846988 (CKB)2670000000034444(EBL)557248(OCoLC)728678888(SSID)ssj0000419834(PQKBManifestationID)12147306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419834(PQKBWorkID)10385098(PQKB)10777605(MiAaPQ)EBC557248(Au-PeEL)EBL557248(CaPaEBR)ebr10413132(CaONFJC)MIL273274(OCoLC)658056312(EXLCZ)99267000000003444420180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHonour, violence, women and Islam /edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss and Tahir AbbasAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-69779-4 0-415-56542-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Honour, violence, women and Islam - an introduction; Chapter 2: Honour-related violence towards South Asian Muslim women in the UK: A crisis of masculinity and cultural relativism in the context of Islamophobia and the 'war on terror'; Chapter 3: The silencing of women from the Pakistani Muslim Mirpuri community in violent relationships; Chapter 4: "There is nothing 'honourable' about honour killings": Gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalismChapter 5: Collective crimes, collective victims: A case study of the murder of Banaz MahmodChapter 6: Honour and shame in domestic homicide: A critical analysis of the provocation defence; Chapter 7: Does the Qur'an condone domestic violence?; Chapter 8: The construction of 'honour' in Indian criminal law: An Indian lawyer's perspective; Chapter 9: Men's violence and women's responsibility: Mothers' stories about honour violence; Chapter 10: Lack of due diligence: Judgements of crimes of honour in TurkeyChapter 11: A comparative study of the reform work conducted in Asia and Europe to combat violence and 'so-called' honour murders*Chapter 12: Ending honour crimes in sub-Saharan Africa: Looking at a long hard death; Chapter 13: Conversations across borders: Men and honour-related violence in the UK and Sweden; Chapter 14: Tackling 'crimes of honour': Evaluating the social and legal responses for combating forced marriages in the UK; Chapter 15: Reconfiguring 'honour'-based violence as a form of gendered violence; IndexWhy are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women in particular. The issue of HRV has become a sensitive subject in many South Asian and Middle Eastern countries and it has received the growing attention of the media, human rights groups and academics around the globe. However, the issue has yet to receive detailed academic study in the United KinHonor killingsGreat BritainHonorReligious aspectsIslamViolenceReligious aspectsIslamMuslim womenViolence againstGreat BritainWomenViolence againstGreat BritainHonor killingsHonorReligious aspectsIslam.ViolenceReligious aspectsIslam.Muslim womenViolence againstWomenViolence against364.152/3Abbas Tahir1970-864737Idriss Mohammad Mazher1541301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784935603321Honour, violence, women and Islam3793352UNINA