Honor Killing Index
Honor Related Violence by Country: | |
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In Islam, there is no punishment merely for the shame caused upon a family by their female relations, nor to restore family honor by killing them. However, the controlling nature of Islam towards women and girls contributes to the underlying attitudes held by Muslim families who commit honor killing and honor violence.
Honor Killings in Muslim Majority Nations
Name of Victim | Age | Date of Incidence | Location | Method of Killing | Perpetrator | Reason for Violence | Read More |
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Not released (female) | 15 | October 11, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | 2 brothers & 2 accomplices | Suspected of an affair with a neighbor | ‘Honour’ Crime: 15-year-old girl, man killed by brothers |
Not released (22-year-old female, aunt & cousin) | September 15, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot & buried | Relatives | Leaving husband and marrying another man with her aunt and cousin's help | Three women shot dead in "honour killing" | |
Not released (female) | 21 | September 2013 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Beaten then hung to death | Mother | Pregnancy | Mother hangs mentally challenged Palestinian daughter |
Not released (female) | September 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother & 2 accomplices | Suspected of illicit relations with a neighbor | ‘Honour’ killing: Woman shot dead by brother, accomplices | |
Shahida Bibi | August 12, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Beaten to death | Brother & father-in-law | Eloping on the eve of Eid | "‘Honour’: Woman beaten to death by father-in-law, her brother" | |
Shahnaz Tahir, Tahir Sarwar, Adnan, Ramsha, Mr. Zahid & Mr. Nawaz | July 22, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Father & 'henchmen' | Daughter marrying a man of her own choice | PAKISTAN: Marriage by choice becoming taboo | |
Sabina Bibi & Asad Abbas | 15 & 20 | July 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled & suffocated | Father | Saw his daughter (Sabina) sitting with a boy (Asad) in his house | Over ‘Honour’: Man kills daughter and her boyfriend |
Not released (Mother & 2 daughters) | 15 & 16 | June 24, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Stepson/stepbrother & 4 friends | Family video of the 2 girls enjoying the rain in the lawn of their bungalow | Two girls, mother killed over family video |
Muddassar Jamal (male) | May 30, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Beaten then forced to drink acid | Husband of lover | Having an affair with married woman | ‘Honour’ crime: Man forced to drink acid dies | |
Not released (female & unborn child) | 19 | May 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Family | Falling in love and getting pregnant | Woman’s suicide turns out to be honour killing |
Not released (2 females) | May 2013 | Egypt ![]() |
Burned to death | Mother | Stayed away for long periods and had multiple boyfriends | For family honour: Mom kills self, 2 daughters | |
Not released (female & unborn child) | 20s & 4 mth | April 14, 2013 | Jordan ![]() |
Throat slit, belly cut open & burned | Unknown | Unknown | Jordan woman's throat slit in 'honor' killing: police |
Not released (female) | 25 | April 2013 | Egypt ![]() |
Throat slit, body chopped into pieces & fed to dogs | Husband | Illicit relationships with young men | Hubby chops up wife half his age for having affairs with boys |
Not released (male & female) | 30 & 20s | March 2013 | Yemen ![]() |
Shot to death | Female's 4 brothers | Leaving home and getting married | Brothers kill sister for eloping |
Zarqa Kanwal | January 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Suspected of having an affair | Violence against women: Woman stabbed to death ‘for having an affair’ | |
H. D. | December 2012 | Turkey ![]() |
Strangled to death | Grandfather, 2 uncles & 4 others | Became pregnant after being gang-raped by two cousins | Another victim dies in ‘honor' killing | |
Anvu Shah | 15 | November 2012 | Pakistan ![]() |
Beaten & acid poured over face & body | Father & mother | Talking to an unknown boy | Parents Attack Daughter With Acid For Talking to Boy |
Saida Mukhtar, Amina Muhammad & Sana Mukhtar |
55, 55 & 39 | June 2012 | Egypt ![]() |
Shot & beheaded | 2 brothers (Saida's sons, Amina's nephews & Sana's brothers) | Discovered their sister's actions were 'contrary to morality' | Egyptian "Honor": Brothers Butcher Mother, Sister, and Aunt |
Not released (female) | 20 | May 2012 | Egypt ![]() |
Tied up & poisoned to death | Mother, sister, brother & cousin | Was in an illicit relationship | Mother kills daughter to protect family name |
Somia & Sobia Bibi | April 4, 2012 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother-in-law | They had ‘suspicious characters’ and had been warned about their behavior but did not listen | Honour Killing: Two women shot dead by brother-in-law | |
Not released (female) | 24 | February 2012 | Egypt ![]() |
Stabbed to death | Brother | Heard rumors about 'her bad morals' | Two honor killings hit Egypt’s Alexandria |
Razia & Allah Ditta | January 2012 | Pakistan ![]() |
Axed to death | Razia's uncle | Suspected Allah Ditta had illicit relations with his niece | Uncle axed niece, paramour to death | |
Samina Rajput | 18 | December 3, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Married someone of her own choosing | Girl killed over karo-kari |
Shameem | November 15, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured, killed, & beheaded | Brothers | Suspected of having relations with another resident of their village | Sibling rivalries: Three men butcher and bury sister in courtyard | |
Servet Tas | 38 | November 14, 2011 | Turkey ![]() |
Shot to death | Ex-girlfriend's father | Fathered a child out of wedlock | Man whose girlfriend was killed in honor crime shot dead |
Manzooran Bibi & Rani Bibi | October 18, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Throats slit | Sons/brothers | Unspecified | Woman, daughter butchered for ‘honour’ | |
Anam | 15 | September 14, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Uncle | Suspected of having illicit relations with a Christian youth | Girl strangled to death in name of honour |
3 females | 15, 17, & 18 |
August 2011 | Libya ![]() |
Throats slit | Father | Dishonored family by being raped by Gaddafi loyalists | Father slit throats of three daughters in 'honour killing' after they were raped by Gaddafi's troops |
Irshad Bibi | August 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Nephew | Suspected aunt of having illicit relations with someone | Aunt killed ‘for honour’ | |
Sameena, Razia, & 4 others |
14, 16, & teens |
July 26, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Brothers claimed Sameena and Razia were in relationships | Honour killings: Man guns down six daughters |
Not released (female) | 35 | July 2011 | Jordan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Had sexual relations with a man | Jordanian man charged over honour killing |
Not released (male) | March 2011 | Egypt ![]() |
Shot to death | Cousin | He refused to restore family honor by killing his daughter for her relationship with a Christian | Girl's death in 'honor killing' angers main Turkish opposition | |
Sonia | 15 | February 14, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Father | Having illicit relations with her neighbor | Girl strangled for ‘honour’ |
Saima Bibi | January 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Electrocuted to death | Father & uncle | Falling in love with a man they did not approve of | Pakistani girl 'electrocuted' in honour killing | |
Not released (female) | 22 | 2011 | Egypt ![]() |
Hung to death | Brother | Fleeing her home/marriage with another man | Two honor killings hit Egypt’s Alexandria |
Ghulam Bibi | December 21, 2010 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Son | Suspected mother and sister had illicit relations with a man | Man murders mother in courtroom 'honour killing' | |
Nurta Mohamed Farah | 17 | November 25, 2010 | Somalia ![]() |
Tortured, beaten, then shot to death | Parents & relatives | Converting to Christianity | Teenage Girl Tortured and Shot Dead for Leaving Islam – by Her Parents |
Shawbo Abdul-Razaq | 20 | October 2010 | Iraq ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Talking to an alleged boy by phone | Blame on Clerics for Prevalence of Honor Killing in Iraqi Kurdistan |
Amina & (children) Zunera, Humaira & Sumera | 5, 7 & 10 |
August 2010 | Pakistan ![]() |
Drugged & throats slit | Husband/father | Ashamed of his wife who contracted the marriage of their oldest daughter against his will | Man slaughters women of family for their ‘arrogance’ |
Haleema Basheer | 40 | July 2010 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Son | Leaving her home overnight | Woman gunned down by son over ‘honour’ |
Not released (female) | 16 | July 2010 | Jordan ![]() |
Shot to death using 30 machine-gun rounds | Uncle | Dishonoring the family by being sexually assaulted | Jordan: 16-Year Old Girl Murdered in Machine Gun “Honor Killing” by Uncle After Sexual Assault |
Jihan Sideeq | 28 | June 16, 2010 | Iraq ![]() |
Shot 20 times | Uncle & 3 cousins | Marrying without family consent | Kurdish pregnant woman shot 20 times in honour killing, Iraqi Kurdistan |
Seyma G | 17 | June 2010 | Turkey ![]() |
Strangled to death | Brother | Leaving her violent home life for a women's shelter | Turkey: Honor Killing; Girl Murdered by 15-Years-old Brother |
Not released (female) | 26 | June 2010 | Jordan ![]() |
Stabbed 15 times | Brother | Become pregnant outside wedlock | Jordanian jailed for killing unwed pregnant sister |
Sania Khan | 17 | June 2010 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot in the head | Uncle | Marrying a man of her choice | One month’s bride killed for ‘honour’ |
Not released (female) | 24 | June 2010 | Lebanon ![]() |
Shot twice in the head | Brother | Had a boyfriend | Lebanese man arrested for sister's 'honour killing' |
Sughran | January 20, 2010 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Karo-kari | Three women slain in Shikarpur over Karo-Kari | |
Sodhi Bibi | December 31, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Husband suspected her of having illegitimate relations with his cousin | Dishonored killings | |
Tanzeela Riaz & Babar Ali | December 29, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Throats slit | Tanzeela's father & brother | Family did not approve of their relationship | Girl, paramour killed for 'honour' | |
Arri & Manghan Sabzoi | December 2, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Arri's husband | Arri husband suspected they were having illicit relations | Four killed over karo-kari | |
Robina & Mazhar Jakhrani | December 2, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother in-law & accomplices | Suspected of having illicit relations | Four killed over karo-kari | |
Medime Memi | 16 | December 2009 | Turkey ![]() |
Buried alive | Father & grandfather | Unknown | Turkish girl 'buried alive' in family garden |
Gul Bano | 17 | December 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Karo-kari | Four women killed over Karo-Kari in upper Sindh |
Zarina | December 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Brother did not approve of her relationship with her boyfriend | Four women killed over Karo-Kari in upper Sindh | |
Niaz Khatoon | December 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Unknown | Four women killed over Karo-Kari in upper Sindh | |
Rashida Mahar | December 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Suspected of illicit relations | Four women killed over Karo-Kari in upper Sindh | |
Rifqa ghazi 'Abdullah | 29 | November 27, 2009 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Strangled to death with a wet towel | Brother, 2 uncles & 2 cousin | To maintain family honor | Palestine: Woman Killed in Gaza Refugee Camp to "Maintain Family Honor" |
Samina, Saima & Mohsin | 35, 25 & 20's |
October 18, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Samina's husband | Saima and Mohsin contracted a love marriage | Man kills wife and in-laws in honor killing |
Soomri | 20 | October 13, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother in-law | Karo-kari | Woman shot dead over Karo-kari charge |
Shahana Qureshi | 16 | October 5, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Throat slit | Brother | Eloped with her lover | Brother kills sister for 'honour' in Muzaffarnagar |
Kubra Bibi | 25 | October 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Husband | Accused of having illicit relations | Husband strangulates wife over karo-kari |
Alia Ahmed | 37 | October 2009 | Jordan ![]() |
Stabbed 28 times | Brothers | They thought she left her husband | Jordan aims to deter ‘honour crime’ |
Marium | August 30, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother in-law | Karo-kari | Man kills sister-in-law over Karo-Kari | |
Not released (female) | 16 | August 2009 | Jordan ![]() |
Shot to death | Uncle | Was raped | Raped girl killed over family 'honour' |
Fadia | 27 | July 23, 2009 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Tortured & bludgeoned to death with an iron chain | Father | Father believed she was having a relationship with a man | Rights groups decry Gaza 'honor killing' |
Shahadat Ali | July 5, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Nephew | Married nephew's mother after the death of his father | ‘Honour’ killings remain unchecked in Lahore | |
Khalid & Shamin | July 2, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Shamin's cousin | Shamin was engaged to her cousin | ‘Honour’ killings remain unchecked in Lahore | |
Adeeba | 22 | July 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Brother | For having illicit relations with a boy | Man kills sister in the name of ‘honour’ |
Saba & Shafiq Ahmed | July 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Saba's family | Married against her families wishes | Bride’s family accused of double murder | |
Shakila & Ghulam Sakhi | 18 & 22 |
June 21, 2009 | Afghanistan ![]() |
Stabbed more than 50 times each | Father | Father caught them having sexual relations | Honor-Killing in Afghanistan: Father Kills His Daughter and Her Lover |
Gul Bibi | May 18, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Karo-kari | Man Kills Wife in Kandihot | |
Halimah Ahmad Ash-Sheikh | 30 | May 12, 2009 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Stabbed to death | Nephew | Family honor | Police: Man killed aunt for reasons of 'family honor' |
Saira Bano | 19 | May 1, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Married a non-Muslim | Brother kills girl for honour |
Halima & Waziran | May 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured and strangled to death | Brother & two men | Accused of having illicit relations with men | Two women killed, buried quietly in Khairpur | |
Ayman Udas | 30's | April 27, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brothers | Brothers did not approve of her career, divorce, and remarriage | Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar |
Shahnaz & Farah | 35 & 18 |
April 20, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death with a pump-action shotgun | Shahnaz's brother | Shahnaz's brother suspected they had developed illicit relations with some locals | Man kills sister, niece for ‘honour’ |
Shamim Bibi | 18 | April 15, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother in-law | She eloped with another man | 18-year-old falls victim to ‘honour’ killing |
Rihab Al-Hazim | 28 | April 13, 2009 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Unknown | Brother | Killed to maintain the family honor | Gaza woman dead in fourth so-called 'honor killing' in last week |
Sufian Olaiwa, Miriam Olaiwa & Jawhar Olaiwa | 45, 30 & 5 |
April 2009 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Shot to death | 3 members of the same family | Killed to maintain the family honor | Gaza woman dead in fourth so-called 'honor killing' in last week |
Quratul Ain | 26 | March 1, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Two armed men | She eloped | Another woman killed over honour |
Sabri Shihata & Sabri Shihata Sr. | 25 & 60 |
March 2009 | Egypt ![]() |
Burned alive & stabbed to death | Unrelated Muslim male & mob | Sabri Shihata was rumored to have had a relationship with the Muslim male's sister | Egyptian Christian Burned Alive; Father Murdered Also |
Shehla Bibi | 60 | February 22, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Axed to death | Brother | Accused her of having illicit relations | “Honor” |
Sati Korkmak | February 14, 2009 | Turkey ![]() |
Strangled to death with a TV cable | Husband | Husband accused her of having an affair with her brother in-law | "Unjust Provocation" no Excuse for Honour Killing | |
H. Laleh | January 5, 2009 | Iran ![]() |
Unknown | Husband | Was forced into marriage | Forced marriage takes life of an Iranian woman | |
Shahnaz Bibi & Saba | Saba: 14 |
January 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Axed to death | Shahnaz's son | Accused of having an illicit relationship with a man | Woman, daughter axed to death on suspicion by son |
Asmaa Mahmoud | 23 | 2009 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Beaten to death | Brother | Slept with a Christian | I'd do it again, says honour killer |
Shehnaz Bibi | December 4, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Clubbed to death | Uncle | Having an illicit relations with another man | Girl clubbed to death by uncle | |
Rizwana Bibi | 21 | December 3, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Ex-fiance | Rizwana married another man | Another woman falls victim to honour killing |
Hanifa | November 18, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured & buried alive | Husband | Husband accused her of having illicit relations with a cousin | Ghotki DPO uncovers brutal murder of woman | |
Mukhtaran Bibi | 40 | October 13, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Stabbed to death | Son | Son accused mother of having an illicit relationship with a man | Son exterminates mother over ‘illicit relationship |
Rozan & Thangai | October 3, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Rozan's husband | Her husband suspected they were having illicit relations | Stillness in karo-kari killings | |
Najadah & Shakeel Junejo | October 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Najadah's husband | Suspected they were having an affair | Doctor confesses to killing wife, driver for honour | |
Maimona Bibi | September 29, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Married someone against the wishes of her father | Maimona Bibi gunned down by her father on Eid-Ul-Fitr | |
Subhan | 22 | September 27, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Husband | Karo-kari | Man kills wife after declaring Kari |
Ameeran | September 20, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured to death | Nephew | She was caught in an objectionable position with paramour | Youth kills aunt for 'honour' | |
Shabana Rashid & Abdul Khurshid | 21 & 40 |
September 13, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot and (Abdul) beaten to death | Shabana's father | Her father did not approve of their relationship | Man kills daughter, ‘lover’ |
Saira | 22 | September 15, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Left her husband | Man kills infertile wife |
Wazeeran & unnamed male | September 10, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Karo-kari | Two murdered over karo-kari accusation in Ghotki | |
Hajiran | 60 | September 10, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Sons | Karo-kari | Sons kill their mother over 'kari' accusation |
Dur Gul Khatoon, Nazeeran Khatoon & Ghulam Rasool Bugti's wife | September 5, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Dur Gul Khatoon's son | Son accused mother and sister in-law Nazeeran of having illicit relations with Ghulam Rasool | Four women killed over Karo-Kari | |
Saira Nusrat Bibi | 17 | September 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Several men | She was seeking an annulment | Blood boils over Pakistan 'honour' killings |
Hajani | August 29, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Karo-kari | Woman killed over karo-kari | |
Rania | August 2008 | Saudi Arabia ![]() |
Tongue cut out & burned to death | Father | Dishonored family with her conversion to Christianity | Christian Convert Burned Alive in Saudi Arabia | |
Saima, Sana & Nasir | July 27, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Burnt to death | Sana's father | Sana's father did not approve of her marriage with Nasir | Saima, Sana and Nasir | |
Fatima, Jannat Bibi, Fauzia & 2 teen girls | July 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot and buried alive | Brother of the provincial minister for housing and construction and other members of their tribe | Three of the women wanted to marry men of their own choice | 5 Women | |
Lubna Shadiwal | July 31, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Relatives | Her relatives did not approve of her marriage | Eight deaths in two days | |
Ruksana & Samina | 13 & 14 |
July 30, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Beheaded | Brothers | On the doubt of illicit relations | Eight deaths in two days |
Haleema | June 8, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Clubbed to death | Brother | She was having a relationship with a neighbor | Woman bludgeoned over honour | |
Khouloud al-najjar | 32 | June 3, 2008 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Beaten to death | Family | Killed for her 'immoral behavior | Woman Murdered by Relatives to “Maintain Family Honor” |
Shahim & Toor Khan | June 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Shahim's ex-husband and two accomplices | Shahim's remarriage harmed her ex-husband's honour | Man kills ex-wife for remarriage | |
Farzanah | 17 | May 7, 2008 | Iran ![]() |
Smothered to death | Father | Kidnapped by her brother in-law | Iran - Honor killing claims life of 17-year-old girl |
Khalidiya | 23 | May 2008 | Syria ![]() |
Strangled to death | Brother | Suspected of having a relationship with another man while husband is in prison | Ten days: four reports of 'honour' killings |
Not released (female) | April 2008 | Syria ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Suspected of being 7 months pregnant. Coroner's report showed her hymen was intact | Ten days: four reports of 'honour' killings | |
Z.N. | 20 | April 2008 | Syria ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | She was in a relationship and had become pregnant | Ten days: four reports of 'honour' killings |
Taslim Khatoon Solangi | 17 | March 7, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured & shot to death | Father (ordered death) | Father accused her of having a child out of wedlock | Pakistan to investigate ‘honour killing’ case |
Samieh | 14 | February 2008 | Iran ![]() |
Stoned to death | Father & accomplices | Father suspected her of having relations with a man | Father Stones 14 Year Old Daughter to Death |
Yasmeen | 33 | February 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Brother suspected she had illicit relations with some men | Man kills sister over ‘honour’ |
Dilek A & Alper Ozdemir | January 3, 2008 | Turkey ![]() |
Shot to death | Dilek's brother | Dilek's family did not approve of their relationship | Falling in love: common cause of death for Turkish women | |
Not released (female) | 17 | 2008 | Jordan ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Suspected she was involved in a relationship with one of the men who kidnapped and gang-raped her | Jordan jails man for 10 years over 'honour killing' |
2 females | Teens | 2008 | Iraq ![]() |
Doused with boiling water & shot to death | Father | Suspected they were having sex. Medical examinations showed the girls were virgins | ‘Honor killings’ require tougher laws, say Iraqi women |
En’am Jaber Dierallah | August 13, 2007 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Beaten to death with a sharp object | Brother | Maintain family honor | New Murder Crime in what is known as “Honor Killing” in the Northern Gaza Strip | |
Not released (female) | August 2007 | Saudi Arabia ![]() |
Beaten & shot to death | Father | Talking to men on Facebook | Saudi woman killed for chatting on Facebook | |
Shahzadi & Ramzan Shar | August 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Shahzadi's brother in-law and accomplices | Her brother in-law suspected they were having illicit relations | Two killed over Karo-Kari | |
Nisreen Abu Bureik | 26 | July 28, 2007 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Unknown | Brother | To maintain family honor | New Murder Crime in what is known as “Honor Killing” in the Northern Gaza Strip |
Najma | July 21, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Strangled to death | Husband | Husband suspected she had illicit relations with someone | NAWABSHAH:Man kills wife | |
Zaibun Nisa | July 20, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Married a man of her own choice | Man kills daughter in name of honour | |
Hulya Tas | 19 | July 2007 | Turkey ![]() |
Unknown | Brother & family members | She had a boyfriend | Falling in love: common cause of death for Turkish women |
Naseem Khatoon | July 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Hacked to death | Brother | Brother suspected her of having an affair | Mother of seven axed to death by brother | |
Shwbo Rauf Ali | 19 | May 2007 | Iraq ![]() |
Beaten, stoned, & shot | Husband's family | Husband's family suspected her of infidelity | Shwbo Rauf Ali: Latest victim of 'honour' in Kurdistan |
Sahar | 25 | May 2007 | Syria ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother in-law | She was accused of having an affair | Sahar |
Sevil O | 22 | May 2007 | Turkey ![]() |
Stabbed 27 times | Father | Sevil was killed for leaving her husband and children | Turkish court gives life sentence in honor killing case |
Azra, Razia & Rubina | 16, 19 & 24 |
March 21, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured & strangled to death | Brother | Unknown | ‘Faisalabad sisters were strangled’ |
F.H. | 30s | March 21, 2007 | United Arab Emirates ![]() |
battered to death, wrapped in a quilt & set on fire | Brother | Disapproved of her choice of husband | Six-year jail term for man who killed sister upheld |
Rubina & Basharat Ali | March 14, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Rubina's father & two brothers | Honor killing | 2 killed for honour in Hafizabad | |
Khateeja & Waris Khan | March 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Two men & Khateeja's son | Khateeja's family was against their marriage | Khateeja and Waris Khan | |
Sahib Khatoon | March 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother in-law & two armed men | Suspected she was having illicit relations | Karo-Kari claims life | |
Moomal & Umaid | 19 & 20 |
March 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Hacked to death with a hatchet | Moomal's brother | Having a romantic relationship outside of marriage | Karo-Kari claims four lives |
Imam Khatoon Deenari & Elahi Bukhsh | March 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Imam's husband | Suspected them of having an affair | Karo-Kari claims four lives | |
Rani | February 21, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Husband | Suspected she had illicit relations with another person | Two killed over Karo-Kari | |
Sharifan & Qaisar shar | February 15, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Sharifan's husband | Saw them in an objectionable position | Husband kills wife, paramour | |
Nihal Khatoon | 22 | February 8, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Karo-kari | A bloody day in Pakistan |
Not released (female) | 22 | February 2007 | United Arab Emirates ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Received anonymous call suggesting she was having “extramarital affairs” | Dubai: man killed sister for ‘honour’ |
Fahmida Shar & Ghulam Nabi Shar | 20's | February 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Relative | Fahmida's family did not approve of their relationship | Supreme court rejects bail plea of accused in Karo-Kari case |
Naheeda Bibi | 22 | January 7, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Seeking an education | Young woman murdered for seeking education |
Rukhsana & Farhana | 25 & 18 |
January 5, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother, Father, friend of father, & Rukhsana's ex-husband | Unknown | Relatives accused of girls’ murder |
Allah Bachai | January 5, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Nephew | Suspected she was having illicit relations with another man | Woman shot dead by nephew | |
Razia & Deeder Husain Narejo | 50 & 22 |
January 4, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Razia's brothers | Karo-kari | Karo-Kari claims three lives |
Sajawal Bibi | 18 | January 4, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Hacked to death with a hatchet | Brother | Karo-kari | Karo-Kari claims three lives |
Zahra al-Azzo | 16 | January 2007 | Syria ![]() |
Stabbed 5 times in the head & back | Brother | She was kidnapped and raped | a Dishonorable Affair |
Zahoor Ahmed & Naseem | January 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Burned alive | Unknown | Accused of 'kidnapping' Naseem 10 yrs ago to marry her | In the name of honour: Pak couple burnt alive | |
Sheren | 16 | January 2007 | Syria ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Family discovered she was six months pregnant | 16 years old killed! |
Elahi Hussain & Hafiz Shah | 40 & 45 |
January 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tied to a tree, clubbed, and stoned to death | Elahi's 3 brothers & cousin | Accused of having an extra-marital relationship | PAKISTAN: Honour killings continue, despite law |
Hala | 25 | 2007 | Jordan ![]() |
Shot 6 times in the chest, head and stomach | Father | Pregnant before marriage with someone not of his choosing | Reduced jail term for Jordan man who killed daughter |
Esra Aksel | 19 | December 2006 | Turkey ![]() |
Unknown | Brother | Had a boyfriend | Falling in love: common cause of death for Turkish women |
Sahzadi, Safia, Naseema B, & Naseema | 35, 22, 30 & 27 |
November 29, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Naseema B's father, Safia's husband, & cousins/relatives of victims | Accused of having illicit relations with men from another village | PAKISTAN: Four women allegedly murdered and one man injured by relatives on the pretext of honor killing |
Saforan Mirani & Ghazi Bijarani | November 27, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Saforan's husband & accomplices | Suspected they were having illicit relations | Three deaths for 'honour' | |
Samani | November 27, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Karo-Kari | Three deaths for 'honour' | |
Fahmida & Anwar Ali | November 13, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Axed to death | Fahmida's father | Seen in an objectionable position | Man kills daughter, youth over karo-kari | |
Khaistha Begum & Islamzeb | November 12, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Relatives | Marriage infuriated Khaistha's relatives | Couple killed by ‘woman’s relatives’ | |
Siyani & Gori | 35 & 16 |
November 11, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
They were shot to death | Ms. Siyani's brother & companions | Killed on the pretext of karo-kari | Two women killed over karo-kari |
Lal Khatoon & Yasmeen | November 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Lal unknown, Yasmeen was shot to death | Lal's brother, and Yasmeen's father | Accused as Kari's | Two women murdered, their corpses thrown in canal | |
Sohni & Kamil | 23 & 26 |
October 13, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Sohni's husband, brother in-law, & husband's friend | Husband suspected they were having illicit relations | SHIKARPUR: Man, woman killed |
Zakia | October 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Tortured to death | Husband & in-laws | Wouldn't let her husband marry a second wife | Woman ‘tortured to death’ | |
Ghazala | 18 | July 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Unknown | Cousins | She chose her husband | Reader report: Ghazala |
Maha Akram El-Hamayda | 18 | June 30, 2006 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Beaten & strangled to death | Family | Maintain family honor | Young Woman Killed in Rafah in an "Honor Killing" |
Zulfinar Baycinar | 27 | May 2006 | Turkey ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband | Refused to let her husband take a second wife | Honour suicides: death by a bullet in the back |
Noor Jehan | 14 | April 24, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Husband & five others | Kari | Two men arrested in dead kari’s case |
Arezoo | February 2006 | Iran ![]() |
Unknown | Brothers | Unknown reason concerning "namoos" (honor) | 'Honor' Killing of a Iranian Kurd | |
Naile Erdas | 16 | 2006 | Turkey ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother, father, mother & 2 uncles | Became pregnant as a result of rape | Pregnant As a Result of Rape, She Was Killed By Her Family |
Asmaa | 13 | January 2005 | Kuwait ![]() |
Throat slit | Father | Suspected she was no longer a virgin | Father slit his daughter's throat |
Guldunya Toren | 24 | February 26, 2004 | Turkey ![]() |
Shot to death | Brothers | She had a child with her boyfriend before marriage | Turkish single mother in 'honour killing' |
Rofayda Qaoud | 17 | January 27, 2003 | Palestinian Authority area ![]() |
Smothered with a plastic bag, slashed wrists and hit with a wooden stick | Mother | Raped by two elder brothers in their shared bedroom, she gave birth to a son | Mother kills raped daughter to restore 'honor' |
Cemse Allak (with unborn child) & Hila Acil | 35 & 55 | December 2002 | Turkey ![]() |
Stoned to death (Allak remained semi-conscious with her skull crushed for 7 months. Unborn child died 6 weeks after attack) | Allak's brother & 4 other relatives | Alleged adultery, but Allak was most likely raped. Her brother said it made no difference either way | 'Honor Killings' Defy Turkish Efforts to End Them |
Samia Sarwar | 28 | April 6, 1999 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot to death | Hitman hired by father, mother, & aunt | Wanted to divorce her husband and eloped with another man | Samia Sarwar |
Nora Marzouk Ahmed | 25 | August 1997 | Egypt ![]() |
Beheaded | Father | Eloped and married her boyfriend | A matter of honour: Egyptian style |
Masha'il bint Fahd Saud (Saudi Princess), & Khaled Mulhallal al-Sha'er |
19 | July 15, 1977 | Saudi Arabia ![]() |
(Masha'il) shot 6 times in the head (Khaled) beheaded with 5 blows to the head | Royal family and Saudi court | Masha'il fell in love with Khaled, the nephew of the Saudi ambassador, while in Lebanon | Masha'il bint Fahd al Saud |
Honor Killings and Violence in Non-Muslim Nations
Name of Victim | Age | Date of Incidence | Location | Method of Killing or Violence | Perpetrator | Reason for Violence | Read More |
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Not released (female) | 17 | March 20, 2013 | USA ![]() |
Burned, verbally & mentally abused | Mother, father | Refused to marry her cousin and talking to a boy online | Child Abuse Charges for Hollywood Mother Who Burned Teen Daughter Over Arranged Marriage: Cops |
Not released (female) | 17 | March 5, 2013 | Denmark ![]() |
Stripped, whipped & strangled with belt | Father, mother, uncle & aunt | Dating a Danish boy | 17-year-old girl beaten by family members |
Not released (female) | 16 | February 24, 2013 | Israel ![]() |
Thrown down a well (dead) | Father | Family was opposed to the girl's romantic affair | Police: Slain Bedouin teen likely victim of 'honor killing' |
Nilofer Bibi | 24 | December 7, 2012 | India ![]() |
Publicly beheaded with a sword | Brother | Dishonoring the family by running off with a lover | Honour killing in Kolkata: Man beheads sister in public view, takes severed head to police station |
Jithu Mohan | October 13, 2012 | India ![]() |
Kidnapped & burned to death | Girlfriend's relatives | In a relationship with a Muslim girl (he's a Hindu) | Hate Jihad in Kerala: Youth Set Ablaze, Succumbs to Burns | |
Not released (female) | May 2012 | Sweden ![]() |
Lips cut off & eaten | Husband | Suspected she had insulted his honor by having an affair | Professor ‘cut off his wife’s lips and ate them because he believed she had insulted his honour by having affair’ | |
Not released (female) | 19 | April 23, 2012 | Sweden ![]() |
Stabbed 107 times (dead) | Brother | Dishonored family by fleeing from Iraq, where she had been forced to marry an older man who beat and raped her | Teen in Sweden jailed eight years for honour killing |
Saheer Hussain & Adeel Abriham | April 2012 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Attempted hit & run | Saheer's father | Did not want his daughter to marry Abriham after making some inquiries about him | Father tried to mow down his daughter after boyfriend proposed to her | |
Not released (female) | 23 | February 25, 2012 | France ![]() |
Attacked with teargas, covered in petrol & almost set alight | Father | "Too emancipated" and had a Jewish boyfriend | Father tries to set 23-year-old daughter alight |
Not released (female) | 14 | February 2012 | Sweden ![]() |
Beaten with a vacuum-cleaner, stomped on & kicked | Brother | Believed his sister's lifestyle violated the family's honor | Copenhagen: Brother arrested for 'honor' beating sister |
Aiya Farhan | 19 | February 2012 | United States ![]() |
Beaten & tied to a bed | Family | Talking to a boy | PD: 'Honor beating' now connected to entire family, parents and sibling arrested |
Not released (female) | 17 | December 24, 2011 | Sri Lanka ![]() |
Beaten to death | Father | In a relationship with a person belonging to another religion | Muslim father beats daughter to death in Sri Lanka |
Julian Gomez | 24 | December 23, 2011 | Spain ![]() |
Stabbed 12 times with a screwdriver | Father-in-law | He's a non-Muslim (Christian) who married a Muslim women | My father-in-law has to kill me to clean his honor because I am a Christian |
Not released (male) | 19 | October 2011 | Sweden ![]() |
Almost beaten to death with metal bars | 6 men | Allegedly to protect daughter/sister of being "kidnapped", most likely in a sexual relationship with her | Six charged over 'honour' beating with metal rods |
Aslam Parvez & family | 53 | August 2011 | United Kingdom ![]() |
House windows smashed, cars vandalized & death threats | Muslim community | Daughter dishonored the community by marrying a Christian | Coventry Albino Muslim family terrorised by hate campaign |
Shaher Bano Shahdady | 21 | July 22, 2011 | Canada ![]() |
Strangled to death | Husband (biological cousin) | Rebelling against husbands repressive religious demands, and eventually wanting to leave him | Deafening silence greets honour killing |
Not released (female) | 18 | June 2012 | Sweden ![]() |
Threatened, beaten & forced to strip in public | Brother | Left her fiancés because he beat her | Sweden: Brother accused of beating, forcing sister to strip in 'honor crime' |
Zahida & Husna | 19 & 26 |
May 2011 | India ![]() |
Strangled to death | Mothers | Both girls (not related) married Hindu men | Mothers accused of honour killings |
Jessica Mokdad | 20 | April 30, 2011 | United States ![]() |
Shot to death | Stepfather | Left her home and was not following Islam | Coon Rapids man accused of killing stepdaughter in Michigan for leaving home, not following Islam |
Shamima Akhtar | 18 | April 1, 2011 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Kidnapped, beaten, hair cut off & held against her will | Sisters & brother | Caught kissing a "white" man | Sisters of Muslim teenager 'branded her a whore, kidnapped her and cut off her hair for kissing a white man' |
Not released (female) | April 2011 | Switzerland ![]() |
Stabbed 29 times (dead) | Husband | Suspicion of an extramarital affair | He appears to have murdered his wife stabbing her 29 times | |
Not released (female) | 18 | January 30, 2011 | Israel ![]() |
Shot | Brother | Posted pictures of herself on Facebook, posing with men and wearing revealing clothes | Bedouin man shoots sister over Facebook pics |
Not released (female) | 21 | November 2010 | Sweden ![]() |
Stabbed 53 times (dead) | Father | Was leading an ‘indecent’ lifestyle | ‘Honour killing’ dad faces 18 years in prison |
Rehana Parveen | 18 | November 2010 | India ![]() |
Strangled to death | Father (& possibly more family members) | Would "bring a bad name to the family" if she married her Hindu boyfriend | Muslim girl killed for love affair with Hindu |
Assia Shahzad | 40 | October 9, 2010 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Hands cut off & stabbed to death | 2 sons | Separated from her husband for several years, she had begun seeing other men | Son severs mum's hands in fatal 'honour' stabbing |
Saira | 19 | July 2010 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Stabbing which lead to her losing the baby she was carrying | Unknown male | Fled an arranged marriage (aged 17) after being sexually abused and degraded by husband in Pakistan | Hooded knifemen told me to go back to my parents. I refused and he stabbed me |
Afshan Azad (Harry Potter actress) | 22 | June 2010 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Beaten & threatened with death | Father & brother | She was dating a non-Muslim (Hindu) | Will Honor Killing Threats Keep Harry Potter Actress in Permanent Hiding? |
Bahar Ebrahimi | 19 | June 2010 | Canada ![]() |
Stabbed in the neck | Mother | Did not adhere to her 'Afghan culture and Muslim religion' | ‘It’s for your good. Let me finish’: Afghan-Canadian mother told police she stabbed her daughter with a kitchen knife |
Swera | 16 | May 10, 2010 | Switzerland ![]() |
Axed to death | Father | Wanted to leave the family home permanently | Father gets 17 years for killing daughter with axe |
Mohd Shah Saemin | 43 | February 2010 | Australia ![]() |
Stabbed & bashed to death with a hammer | Son & lover's husband | Caused dishonor by having an affair (son says it's "unacceptable in Islam") | 'Honour' killing abhorrent, says judge, as man convicted and son starts 18-year term |
Marzieh Rahimi | 33 | 2010 | Australia ![]() |
Strangled to death with her own veil | Husband | Was becoming "too Australian" | Refugee jailed for strangling 'too Australian' wife |
Roohi Tabassum | 44 | November 24, 2009 | Canada ![]() |
Faces death if deported to Pakistan | Husband | She touched men's hair while working in a salon | Don't dismiss honour killing claim: judge |
Not released | 34 | November 19, 2009 | Finland ![]() |
Throat slit (dead) | Ex-husband | She left her husband | Verdict expected today in the murder of a Pakistani woman |
Isa M. Mehri | 60 | October 26, 2009 | United States ![]() |
Beaten with a pipe then strangled to death with a rope | Brother | Made an insulting remark about his brother's wife | Man charged in brother's death; 'Honor killing'; Slaying allegedly tied to insult made 23 years ago |
Abdullah Mohammed & Aysha Mohammed | 41 & 39 |
October 21, 2009 | United Kingdom ![]() |
House fire, death by smoke inhalation | No relation | A bungled honour killing targeting the wrong home | Innocent couple died 'after wrong house was fire-bombed in bungled honour killing' |
Noor Faleh Almaleki | 20 | October 2009 | United States ![]() |
Ran over by a car, died in hospital a few weeks later | Father | Was becoming too westernized | No justice for Noor Almaleki |
Sanaa Dafani | 18 | September 2009 | Italy ![]() |
Stabbed in the throat (dead) | Father | Father objected to her non-Muslim boyfriend, and her plans to live with him | Italy: Slain Moroccan woman's memory 'honoured' |
Not released | 8 | July 16, 2009 | United States ![]() |
Abandoned (now in state custody) | Mother & father | Gang-raped by 4 boys aged 9 to 14 | Oldest boy in assault of girl to be tried as adult |
Rona Amir Mohammad, Zainab, Sahari, & Geeti Shafia | 50, 19, 17, & 13 |
July 2009 | Canada ![]() |
Found in car driven off a canal | Father, mother, & brother | Girls were becoming westernized | Pre-trial hearings conclude |
Rifqa Bary | 17 | July 2009 | United States ![]() |
Threatened with death | Parents | Converted to Christianity | Rifqa Bary |
Bürsa | 15 | June 2009 | Germany ![]() |
Stabbed to death | Father | Too westernized | Turkish dad stabs his own 15-year-old daughter to death |
Rashida Kirimova | 21 | April 8, 2009 | Russia ![]() |
Shot to death | Killer hired by father | She wore short skirts | Muslim father orders daughter killed over short skirt |
Gulsum S | 20 | March 2009 | Germany ![]() |
Strangled with clothes line & clubbed to death | Brother | Family found out about her sex life | German police accuse Kurdish men of 'honour killing' |
Aasiya Hassan | 36 | February 2009 | United States ![]() |
Beheaded | Husband | She wanted a divorce | The "Honor Killing" of Aasiya Hassan |
Muruwet Tuncer | 41 | January 30, 2009 | Canada ![]() |
Throat slit (dead) | Husband | She left her husband | Muruwet Tuncer |
Jian | 19 | 2009 | Sweden ![]() |
Beaten & threatened with death | Family members | Jian married a man of her own choice | Gothenburg: Family on trial for honor related violence and threats |
Mujde B | 18 | December 31, 2008 | Germany ![]() |
Stabbed 46 times, beaten with billiard cue & run over by car (dead) | Husband | She was too independent | Muslim man sentenced to life in jail after killing his German-born wife because she was 'too independent' |
Yasmine & Sabrina Cherif | 22 & 19 |
September 14, 2008 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Beaten & hacked to death | Yasmine's ex-boyfriend | Breaking up with her boyfriend | Man 'killed girlfriend and her sister in attack so brutal that knives broke' |
Eman Al-Mezel | 23 | September 2008 | Canada ![]() |
Threatened with death | Father | Union boss jailed in 'honour' crime | |
Fauzia A. Mohammad | 19 | July 17, 2008 | United States ![]() |
Chased & stabbed multiple times | Brother | She tried to move out of her family home | Guilty plea in sister stabbing |
Sandeela Kanwal | 25 | July 6, 2008 | United States ![]() |
Strangled to death with a bungee cord | Father | She tried to end her arranged marriage | An American Honor Killing |
Banaz Bakir Fatah | 36 | July 2, 2008 | Norway ![]() |
Unknown (dead) | Husband & son | She separated from her husband | A Kurdish woman murdered in Norway |
Morsal O | 16 | May 15, 2008 | Germany ![]() |
Stabbed 20 times (dead) | Brother | She turned away from her family | German-Afghan gets life for 'honour killing' |
Randjida Khairi | 53 | March 18, 2008 | Canada ![]() |
Stabbed 5 times & throat slit open to the spine (dead) | Husband | Letting their children "live as Westerners" | Mother paid price for standing up to husband, court hears |
Amina & Sarah Said | 18 & 17 |
January 1, 2008 | United States ![]() |
Shot to death | Father | Both girls were killed for having boyfriends | Honor Killing in Texas |
Aqsa Parvez | 16 | December 10, 2007 | Canada ![]() |
Strangled to death | Father & brother | Father did not approve of her western lifestyle | Aqsa Parvez |
Sadia Sheikh | 20 | October 2007 | Belgium ![]() |
Shot to death | Father, mother, brother & sister | Refused to accept an arranged marriage and lived with a Belgian man | Belgian ‘Honor Killing’ Trial Places Entire Family on Dock |
Sariya Sheikh | 18 | October 2007 | Belgium ![]() |
Shot in the arm | Brother | Unknown | Belgian ‘Honor Killing’ Trial Places Entire Family on Dock |
Hamda Abu Ghanem | 19 | July 2007 | Israel ![]() |
Shot to death | Family | Killed for speaking to a man in secret | `Honor' killings norm for one clan |
Sezen Yuksel | 19 | September 26, 2006 | France ![]() |
Strangled to death | Husband | She refused to accept her marriage | Forced marriage kills! |
Khatera sidiqi & Feroz Mangal | 20 & 23 |
September 19, 2006 | Canada ![]() |
Both were shot, Khatera died immediately and Feroz died 10 days later | Khatera's brother | Khatera moved in with Feroz's family before their wedding and refused to have her estranged father involved in the wedding plans | Brother gets life in honour killing |
Hina Saleem | 20 | August 11, 2006 | Italy ![]() |
Throat slit (dead) | Father & 2 male relatives | 'Dishonoured' family by dressing in western clothes, working in a pizzeria, living with an Italian boyfriend and refusing an arranged marriage | Pakistanis in Italy murder trial |
Samaira Nazir | 25 | June 2006 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Throat cut & stabbed to death | Family | She wanted to marry a man of her own choice | Sister is stabbed to death for loving the wrong man |
Miriam Abu-Dahal | 24 | May 2006 | Israel ![]() |
Stabbed 29 times (dead) | Brother | Shaming the family by raising her daughter in an "improper" manner | Ramle: 'Honor killing' caught on tape |
Alisha Begum | 6 | March 2006 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Burnt to death | 3 men | Older brother was having a relationship with the sister of one of the perpetrators | International warrant to bring Mohammed Foaz Ahmed back to Birmingham |
Banaz Mahmod | 20 | January 2006 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Strangled to death | Father & uncle | She had a boyfriend | Honour killing' handling probed |
Caneze, Sayrah, Sophia, Alicia, & Hannah | 39, 16, 13, 10, & 3 |
2006 | United Kingdom ![]() |
House fire (dead) | Father (Caneze's husband) | He was unable to accept their westernized ways | Five years on: Fire deaths still haunt girls’ grandma |
El-Medhi Bellari | 38 | October 24, 2005 | Canada ![]() |
Stabbed to death | Brother | He was a "bad Muslim" | Killed his own brother: 'He was a believer in Satan,' |
Ghazala Khan | 18 | September 23, 2005 | Denmark ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother, father, aunt, 3 uncles, & 3 friends of family | Family opposed her choice of husband | Jail for Denmark 'honour' killing |
Emal Khan | September 23, 2005 | Denmark ![]() |
Shot twice | 6 in-laws & 3 friends of in-laws | Wife's family opposed her choice of husband | Jail for Denmark 'honour' killing | |
Gonul Karabey | 20 | June 2005 | Germany ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Brother did not approve of her engegament | Gonul Karabey's murderer gets life sentence |
Hatun Aynur Surucu | February 2005 | Germany ![]() |
Shot to death | Brother | Family disapproved of her lifestyle | A Matter of Honor, Your Honor? | |
Abbas Rezai | 20 | 2005 | Sweden ![]() |
Beaten with a baseball bat & iron rod, scalded with hot oil, and stabbed to death | 17 year old male & possibly his parents | Dating the killer's sister/daughter | New arrests as high court reviews 'honour' killing |
Shalifea Ahmed | 17 | September 11, 2003 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Possibly strangled to death, then dismembered | Parents & 5 relatives suspected | Was becoming too westernized and refused arranged marriage | Muslim girl found dead in river 'beaten by parents' |
Anoosh Sediq Ghulam | 22 | May 2002 | Norway ![]() |
Shot to death | ex-Husband | She divorced her husband | Anooshe Sediq Ghulam |
Fadime Sahindal | 26 | January 21, 2002 | Sweden ![]() |
Shot in the head | Father | Opposed to an arranged marriage, and making the "shame" of her family public | Fadime Sahindal |
Tulay Goren | 15 | January 1999 | United Kingdom ![]() |
Drugged, tortured, then killed | Father | Did not approve of her older boyfriend who belonged to a different Islamic sect | Honour killing: father convicted of murder of Tulay Goren |
Palestina Isa | 16 | November 1989 | United States ![]() |
Stabbed with a butcher knife 13 times (dead) | Mother & father | She had a part-time job without her parents' permission, and dated an African American | Tina Isa America's Honor Killing |
Honor Related Violence or Danger to life in Muslim Majority Nations
Name of Victim | Age | Date of Incidence | Location | Danger | Responsible Parties | Explanation | Read More |
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Nasir Shah (Male) | 22 | July 9, 2013 | Pakistan ![]() |
Beaten, lips & nose cut | 3 men | His father had been accused by a family in the neighbourhood of helping their daughter marry a man they had not approved of | "‘Honour’ crime: Youth kidnapped, mutilated, beaten up, abandoned" |
Not released (female) | March 2012 | Egypt ![]() |
Attempted drowning | Family | Divorced her abusive elderly husband who she was pressured into marrying | Woman thrown into Egypt’s Nile over divorce, highlights honor violence | |
Maryam | 16 | May 16, 2011 | Pakistan ![]() |
Kidnapped & threatened with death | Muslim family (no relation) | Her Christian brother dishonored a Muslim family by eloping with a Muslim women | Pakistani Muslims Kidnap Christian Girl Over Brother's 'Affair' |
Not released (female) | 26 | August 19, 2010 | Jordan ![]() |
Shot in the legs | Brother | Family discovered she was in a relationship with a man | Police question 32-year-old in connection with shooting incident |
Saira Jatoi | October 3, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Declared karo-kari | Family | She married someone of her own choice | SHC disposes of Saira Jatoi case: Couple get asylum in Switzerland | |
Fazeelat Bibi | 21 | September 28, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Nose & ears cut off | Two cousins and three men | Father spurned one of the cousins marriage proposal | ‘Eye for an Eye’ Judgment Hailed, Denounced |
Humera Memon & Rashid Ali | 20's | July 12, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Declared karo-kari and held captive | Village elders | They got married | Police save lives of ‘karo, kari’ |
Sakina | 36 | May 27, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Her safety is threatened | Father & brothers | Sakina wants to remarry | When a woman’s right becomes a ‘sin’ |
Basheeran & her family | 20's | April 20, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
All are threatened with death | Husband | Husband accused her of karo-kari with her uncle | Ghotki woman running for her life after being declared ‘Kari’ by husband |
Asia Mamdani | April 6, 2009 | Pakistan ![]() |
Nose cut off | Husband | Accused of having illicit relations | Husband chops off wife’s nose on alleged infidelity | |
Maryam | 14 | January 2009 | Afghanistan ![]() |
Cut open, fetus taken out & buried alive | Mother and brother | Getting pregnant after being raped | 14-Year-Old Afghan Girl Butchered in the Name of Honour |
Bibi Aisha | 19 | 2009 | Afghanistan ![]() |
Nose & ears cut off | Husband | Ran away from her husband | 'Shaming' her in-laws costs 19 year old her nose, ears |
Riffat Nadeem | 32 | November 6, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Set on fire | Sisters in-law | Husband wanted another wife | Victim fights for life and for justice after honour attack |
Dr. Ali Naich & Aaisha Dharejo | November 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Declared karo-kari | Jirga court | Married of their own will | Jirga affirms couple karo kari | |
Sabrina | November 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot | Brother | Married someone of her choice | Girl shot, injured for ‘honour’ | |
Ms. Naheed Lashari | October 5, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Declared a kari | Jirga court | False allegations were leveled against her | Police recuperate 'kari' after late-night assaults | |
Fida & Haseena Mirali | September 26, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Declared karo-kari & their lives are in danger | Both families | They married of their own choice | Newly-weds shifted to Karachi amongst tight defense | |
Saima Khanum | 20's | September 3, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Acid thrown on her body | Male teacher & neighbor | Saima rejected his marriage proposal | Saima Khanum |
Hina | Teen | September 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Forcibly confined to house | Father | Hina married without her parents consent | LHC sends married teenager back to Darul Aman |
Farzana Aarfani | September 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Threatened with death | Jirga | Male members use her as an escape-goat in murder, Jirga orders her to marry man | Jirga pronounces a woman as Kari | |
Ms. Zainab & Mr. Mohammad Ibrahim | 22 & 26 |
June 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Threatened with death | Zainab's tribe | Married against the wishes of Zainab's father | PAKISTAN: Threat of Death of Young Couple in the Name of Honour Killing |
Mohammad Riaz & Husn Banu | 30's | May 4, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Threatened with death | Family members | Married without their families permission | Couple living in hiding for 5 years in fear of their families |
Not released ("young girl") | May 2008 | Iran ![]() |
Beaten and buried alive | Father | She was addicted to drugs | A father killed his daughter in Isfahan- Another father buried his daughter alive in Tehran | |
Nadia Bibi | 18 | January 27, 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
May face honor killing | Family | Married a man she loved | ‘Honour’ killing Stalking girl? |
Ameena | 22 | January 2008 | Pakistan ![]() |
Disfigured & blinded from acid attack | Husband | Husband accused her of having illicit relations with another man | Ameena |
Not released (female) | Teen | 2008 | Iraq ![]() |
Doused with boiling water & shot in the eye | Father | Suspected she was having sex. Medical examinations showed she was a virgin | ‘Honor killings’ require tougher laws, say Iraqi women |
Abdul Rehman Brohi & Yasmin Kamboh | 30 & 20's |
May 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Yasmin was in danger of being killed on the pretext of karo-kari. The couple were also arrested | Yasmin's parents | The couple eloped | Eloping couple arrested |
Tasleem, Farzana & there family | 3 & 4 |
May 28, 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Girls demanded as penalty for karo kari. Family also threatened for not give up the girls | Jirga court | Uncle blamed for karo-kari | Little girls demanded as penalty for karo kari |
Shazia Samoon & Qurban Samoon | February 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Harassed & fear for their lives | Family members | Married against the wishes of her family | A bloody day in Pakistan | |
Iqbal, Yasin & mother | January 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Iqbal & Yasin: nose & ears cut off. Mother: hand cut off | 22 members of a rival clan | Iqbal married a girl from a rival clan | In the name of honour: Pak couple burnt alive | |
Bushra | 17 | 2007 | Syria ![]() |
Escaped from being murdered | Family | She did not want to marry her cousin | Honour crime fear of Syria women |
Irshad Bibi | 20's | 2007 | Pakistan ![]() |
Acid thrown on face | Husband | Irshad asked her husband to visit her parents | Acid victim’s kin rub salt into her wound |
Sakina | 20 | December 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Beaten | Relatives | Escaped her 'pre-marital isolation room' | Girl beaten, man killed, woman shot |
Manthar | November 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Shot with an automatic rifle | Relatives | Seeing his three sisters and sister-in-law shot to death, he attempted to fight the perpetrators | PAKISTAN: Four women allegedly murdered and one man injured by relatives on the pretext of honor killing | |
Yasmeen & her mother Dildaar Begam | 16 | October -1, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Both assaulted | Yasmeen's husband | Yasmeen left her husband | When a man's might is his right |
Musarrat | 21 | September 10, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Musarrat faces dire consequences if she continues to pursue rape charges | Not related | Raped because she left home, marrying a man of her choice, bringing shame to her parents | Frail woman challenges rapist Chaudhry |
Bebi | 15 | September 15, 2006 | Afghanistan ![]() |
Fears for her life | Husband | Ran away from her husband | Afghanistan: Honour killings on the rise |
Huma Aamin | August 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Plot against her life | Husband & accomplices | Huma deserted her husband | Four held for allegedly plotting to kill girl | |
Zarina & her family | August 17, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Illegal Jirga orders Zarina to pay her ex-husband Rs 100,000 | Ex-Husband | Ex-Husband threatening them if they do not pay the fine | Woman seeks protection | |
Asya (Maria) Ahmad Muhammad & her family | 14 | July 9, 2006 | Turkey ![]() |
Beaten and threatened with death | Relatives | Her family's conversion to Christianity | Murder victim planned "honour" killing |
Tugba Tunc | 19 | June 5, 2006 | Turkey ![]() |
Shot with a shotgun & fell into coma for 2 weeks | Relatives | Refused to marry her cousin | 19 year old Kurdish girl shot in Turkey |
Ayesha Baloch | 18 | May 21, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Nose & lip slit | Husband, father in-law, & brother in-law | Separated from her husband | Man slits estranged wife’s nose and lip |
Pervaizan & Juman | March 30, 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Condemned as karo-kari | Pervaizan's father | Married of their own freewill | Court protects couple condemned karo-kari | |
Aisha Parveen | 20 | January 2006 | Pakistan ![]() |
Threatened with death | Brothel owner & parents | Aisha was kidnapped into prostitution at age fourteen and escaped in January | Woman battling slavery wins another week |
Sanaa Awadkareem | 17 | 2005 | Sudan ![]() |
Face disfigured by acid | Husband | Sanaa left her husband | Sanaa Awadkareem : Our collective tragedy |
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See Also
- Persecution - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Persecution''
- Honor Violence - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Honor Violence