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Girl married at 9, gunned down by parents and accomplices in front of police at 17

September 7th, 2008 Aimon · 2 Comments

Source: Jihad Watch

Her crime? Trying to annul her marriage. If “honor killings” have “nothing to do with Islam” (so the argument goes, including below) marrying female children at age 9 is wholly based on the example of Islam’s prophet. At any rate, that this sort of thing keeps happening in Pakistan — that is, “Land […]

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John Travolta ruined my life! Memories of growing up in Britain by a girl with Pakistani parents

March 27th, 2008 Aimon · 1 Comment

Source: Daily Mail
She loved Punch & Judy and Enid Blyton, but her parents came from Pakistan and her mother wore a sari. In an enchanting yet painfully honest new book, acclaimed TV journalist Yasmin Hai describes her childhood battle to ‘learn to be English’ - as her devoted father wanted - and the price she […]

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Filed Under: Culture · Miscellaneous