The horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have sparked great fear in the Islamic community of the United States. On Tuesday, the police announced that the alleged perpetrator had been apprehended. Their prime suspect, Mohammad Syed, also identifies as a Muslim.
An honor-based family murder in a small town in the Fars province of Iran has once again sparked debates on the lack of laws to prevent “honor-killing” in Iran.
On June 27, the father of Ariana Lashkari shot the sixteen-year-old girl in the chest with a hunting rifle for allegedly laughing with a boy at a park, which he considered a disgrace to the family.