Chechen women in mortal fear as president backs Islamic honor killings

Diana Markosian The Washington Times 4/29/2012

ACHXOY-MARTAN, Chechnya — Chechnya’s government is openly approving of families that kill female relatives who violate their sense of honor, as this Russian republic embraces a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam after decades of religious suppression under Soviet rule.

In the past five years, the bodies of dozens of young […]

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