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Purified by Blood: Honour Killings Amongst Turks in the Netherlands

By Clementine van Eck

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
9053564918, 9789053564912, 9780585495347
Open Library ID
OL12808251M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1964666 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
352\304
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Азии и Африк

Description

Honor killings—murders carried out to cleanse tarnished family honor or chastity—have long been reported as significant problems in the heart of the Muslim world. It is also a widely known phenomenon in Turkey, where an average of six such killings is reported per month, and with Turkish migration to Western Europe since the 1960s, these murders have been reported in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Clementine van Eck's incisive study examines twenty such murders committed in the Netherlands, focusing particular attention on the social factors that play a role in the decision to commit an honor killing.

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