I find the silence from the so called women's groups deafening. On Mar 29, 7:53 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > "In her hometown of Batman – nicknamed "Suicide City" – 75 percent of > all suicides are committed now by women." > > Now mark, we both know the hometown of Batman is Gotham City. ;-) > > The bottom line is "the religion of peace" doesn't value life and that is > the slippery slope we go down regarding the unborn. > > CW > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ohio mark" <[email protected]> > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 07:16 > Subject: Muslim women told: For family's sake, commit suicide > > Turkey's crackdown on the practice of honor killing has resulted in > unintended consequences – instead of being murdered by a close male > relative for bringing dishonor to their families, Muslim women are > being pressured to commit suicide. > > And the numbers of "honor suicides" are soaring, reported the UK's > Independent. > > Despite a 2005 change in the nation's penal code requiring a mandatory > life sentence for honor killers, the number of women killed by male > relatives is at a record level – more than 200 a year, half of all > murders committed in Turkey. But it is that change in the law that has > given rise to the growing phenomenon of women taking their own lives. > Prior to 2005, killers were able to receive reduced sentences by > claiming provocation. > > Elif, 18, from Batman in southeast Turkey, was told by her father she > must kill herself so he would not be sent to prison for murdering her > after she refused an offer of an arranged marriage with an older man. > > "I loved my father so much, I was ready to commit suicide for him even > though I hadn't done anything wrong," she said. "But I just couldn't > go through with it. I love life too much." > > The young woman was forced to flee and go into hiding. Her uncles and > other relatives have been hunting her for the past eight months, even > conducting an armed raid of a women's shelter where she had been. > > "I managed to escape," said Elif. "When I was at school, a few girls I > knew were killed by their families in the name of honor – one of them > for simply receiving a text message from a boy." > > In her hometown of Batman – nicknamed "Suicide City" – 75 percent of > all suicides are committed now by women. > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93252 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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