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Another “honor” killing in Britain?

Bookworm on Jan 11 2008 | Filed under: Britain, England, Islam, Muslim violence

The phrase “honor killing” doesn’t show up anywhere in this article, but it sound remarkably as if a much-abused young British woman was murdered because she refused to marry the Pakistani man her parents had picked for her:
A coroner this morning returned a verdict of unlawful killing on a Muslim teenager who vanished from home [...]

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Quick picks *UPDATED*

Bookworm on Jan 08 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Barack Obama, Democrats, Education, Health, Islam, Muslim violence, Vaccinations

The kids are back in school and I thought the house would fall silent and I would blog again. However, it turns out — and this is very flattering — that there were a lot of people who wanted to talk to me but felt they couldn’t while the kids were around. I’ve [...]

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