Muslim honor killings in Europe

This Boston globe story will make your stomach turn. Free registration is required -- it is well worth your time. Trust me.

From the story:

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Britain opened a review of the suspicious cases after a Kurdish immigrant from Iraq, Abdullah Yones, held his 16-year-old daughter over a bathtub and slashed her throat in 2004 after discovering that she was trading love letters with a boy in her high school class in London. In court last year, Yones insisted that his daughter brought her fate on herself. On the day he was sentenced to life imprisonment, dozens of approving Kurdish men came to court to show solidarity with Yones, according to media accounts.

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And this:

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In Neukoelln's largely immigrant Thomas Morus school, not far from the place where Hatun Surucu was murdered, students greeted news of her slaying with loud approval. Her brothers were hailed as local heroes.

The principal, Volker Steffans, was so disgusted by the display that he sent a letter to parents, to be read and signed, explaining what he had always regarded as obvious -- that girls should not be harassed for refusing to wear head scarves; that girls should not be attacked for wanting to pursue careers; that women should not be murdered for expecting tolerance and equality in a Western society.

''A murder happened nearby; a young woman was killed. She died because she wanted to live freely," Steffans said. ''But we are shocked by the fact that students approve of this murder and say [Surucu] deserved to die because she 'lived like a German.' "

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And to the anonymous commenter on this post, we know. We know all about this culture, and most of us are sickened. Tolerance in this country was low to begin with, and 9/11 made it flat-line. After the Madrid and London massacres, many other examples of Muslim murder, and dozens and dozens of honor killings, understanding is dawning, albeit slowly, on Europe.

Anyone still think this is Bush's fault?

Hat tip: TROP.