For Shame: In Muslim Culture, Honor Killings Not Out of Date
by Kristin Butler
Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
Pakistani vocalist Ayman Udas had just had her first major television appearance. The beautiful and talented singer had risen to fame over songs sung in her native Pashto language, songs that speak of love, courage, and death. But it seemed that the disapproval of her conservative Islamic family was growing at the rate of her popularity in Peshawar’s artistic society. The young mother of two had divorced and recently remarried, creating a stir in her family. But it was her television appearance that led to Udas’s death at the hands of her own brothers, men who killed their sister in the name of “honor.” Read the full article on Crosswalk.com -http://www.crosswalk.com/root/news/religiontoday/11603889/page0/
