Honour, violence, women and Islam - Abbas, Tahir , 1970-; Idriss, Mohammad Mazher (New York : Routledge, 2011)
1. Honour, violence, women and islam- an introduction -- 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' -- 3. The silence of women from the Pakistani Muslim Mirpuri community in violent relationships -- 4. "There is nothing 'honourable' about honour killings": gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalism -- 5. Collective crimes, collective victims: a case study of the murder of Banaz Mahmod -- 6. Honour and shame in domestic homocide: a critical analysis of the provocation defence -- 7. Does the Qur'an condone domestic violence? -- 8. The construction of 'honour' in Indian crimminal law: an Indian lawyer's perspective -- 9. Men's violence and women's responsibillity: mothers' stories about honour violence -- 10. Lack of due diligence: judgement of crimes of honour in Turkey -- 11. A comparative study of the reform work conducted in Asia and Europe to combat violence and 'so-called' honour murders -- 12. Ending honour crimes in sub-Saharan Africa: looking at a long hard death -- 13. Conversations across borders: men and honour-related violence in the UK and Sweden -- 14. Tackling 'crimes of honour': evaluating the social and legal responses for combating forced marriages in the UK -- 15. Reconfiguring 'honour'-based violence as a form of gendered violence
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Honor killings -- Great Britain; Honor -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Muslim women -- Violence against -- Great Britain; Violence -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Women -- Violence against -- Great Britain