Aasiya Hassan

Guilty: The Decapitation of Aasiya Zubair

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Sadeghi

Though many people claimed to love Aasiya, none of them did enough. Laws are useless in the face of inadequate support systems in a person's family and friend network that can help extract one from her abusive situation.

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Will the Real Islam Please Stand Up?

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 11.17.2011

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Leora Tanenbaum

Men have long interpreted Islam from their own point of view and declared that point of view universal for all believers.

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An American Muslim Call to End Domestic Violence

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wajahat Ali

The brutal murder of our sister, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, finally forced a community of believers to unearth our heads from the sand and confront head-on the insidious epidemic of domestic violence.

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On Aasiya Hassan's Murder

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Naazish YarKhan

Aasiya Hassan's murder is horrific, but perhaps her story will give our community reason for pause and encourage countless other women to journey out of violence.

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Domestic Violence, Islam, and the Unexpected Response

Matthew Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Weiner

If a Jew or Christian commits domestic violence, will the media report it as a religious act? Yet when domestic violence occurs between Muslims, there is strong condemnation by their leadership.

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"Honor Killing" and Islam

Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kamran Pasha

Perhaps the way out of this madness for the Muslim community is to look back at the life of Prophet Muhammad and remember his true legacy as a visionary champion of women's rights.

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Muzzammil Hassan: Muslim TV Exec Accused Of Beheading Wife In NY May Have Committed "Honor Killing"

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The crime drips with brutal irony: a woman decapitated, allegedly by her estranged husband, in the offices of the televisio...

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