Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Honour, violence, women and Islam -- an introduction; Chapter 2: Honour-related violence towards South Asian Muslim women in the UK: A crisis of masculinity and cultural relativism in the context of Islamophobia and the 'war on terror'; Chapter 3: The silencing of women from the Pakistani Muslim Mirpuri community in violent relationships; Chapter 4: "There is nothing 'honourable' about honour killings": Gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalism
Chapter 5: Collective crimes, collective victims: A case study of the murder of Banaz MahmodChapter 6: Honour and shame in domestic homicide: A critical analysis of the provocation defence; Chapter 7: Does the Qur'an condone domestic violence?; Chapter 8: The construction of 'honour' in Indian criminal law: An Indian lawyer's perspective; Chapter 9: Men's violence and women's responsibility: Mothers' stories about honour violence; Chapter 10: Lack of due diligence: Judgements of crimes of honour in Turkey
Chapter 11: A comparative study of the reform work conducted in Asia and Europe to combat violence and 'so-called' honour murders*Chapter 12: Ending honour crimes in sub-Saharan Africa: Looking at a long hard death; Chapter 13: Conversations across borders: Men and honour-related violence in the UK and Sweden; Chapter 14: Tackling 'crimes of honour': Evaluating the social and legal responses for combating forced marriages in the UK; Chapter 15: Reconfiguring 'honour'-based violence as a form of gendered violence; Index
Summary
Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This title examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women in particular
