The number of honour killings is growing in Europe

Banaz Mahmod, a young Kurdish woman, was killed by her family last year in England for having fallen in love with a man belonging to another Kurdish community. On monday, her father was found guilty of ordering the murder. "Honour killings are on the increase here and in Europe",notes the journalist Jan Moir. "A woman's honour can be regarded as a family commodity, something that confers status and respect. On the menfolk, of course. Not her. According to the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO) ... Muslim Kurdish women, within the confines of their own society, have no human rights at all, not even the right to live. ... Many have paid with their lives for falling in love with someone forbidden to them, or for seeking a divorce, or any number of things believed to bring shame on their families. It seems incredible that some of this abuse happens on British soil to British citizens ... ."

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