Honor killing

The suspect, Anwar ul-Haq, initially said that unidentified gunmen shot and killed his American-born, 15-year-old daughter before he confessed to the crime

The teenage girl was choked by her parents outside her school in Washington, for reportedly refusing to travel to Iraq to marry an older man.

The researchers surveyed respondents from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Territories on their perception of women's chastity and marital patriarchy.

The husband's chilling account of the event detailed how he used a kitchen knife to repeatedly stab his wife.

The parents admitted to killing their son and daughter, as well as the daughter's husband, but the law in Iran may allow them to escape a long prison sentence.

As Arab fans embrace Clubhouse as a means to broach matters seldom discussed in public, some fear a broad clampdown by authoritarian governments in the region.

Human rights groups say thousands of women and girls are killed across the Middle East and South Asia each year by family members angered at perceived damage to their “honour”.

14-year-old Romina Ashrafi was beheaded by her father in May, after she attempted to elope with an older man.

Under Islamic Republic law, a father who kills his child is not considered a murderer and is not liable for the death penalty.

The Palestinian feminist movement Tal’at reported that 11 Palestinian women have been killed as a result of domestic violence since the beginning of this year.