|
|||||
 |
|
|
|
DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)
The FBI has removed the term “honor killing” from the wanted poster of an Egyptian man wanted for the murder of his two daughters in a move meant to appease American Muslims offended by the implicit link of such a crime with Islam.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was involved in negotiations with the FBI to remove the term that it said was offensive to the United States’ 7 million-strong Muslim community. Many Muslims had said the term ‘honor killing’ assigned a religious motive to a crime and instigated hate crimes against Muslims.
continue reading at http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/10/23/58784.html
