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Are we mired in the past? Do we condone “honor” killings, such as this one in broad daylight in front of a courthouse in Lahore, Pakistan?<\/p>\n

A pregnant 25-year-old killed by her father and brothers for marrying for love?<\/p>\n

The father’s justification for the stoning? “I killed my daughter as she had insulted all of our family by marrying a man without our consent, and I have no regret over it.”<\/p>\n

“…[H]undreds of women are murdered every year in so-called honor killings carried out by husbands or relatives as a punishment for alleged adultery or other illicit sexual behavior,” wrote K.M. Chaudry and Zaheer Babar in their report for the AP. <\/p>\n

You can read more virtually anywhere in the media, but also here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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