Honour, violence, women and Islam / edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss and Tahir Abbas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Honour, violence, women and Islam--an introduction / Mohammed Mazher Idriss -- Honour-related violence towards South Asian Muslim women in the UK : a crisis of masculinity and cultural relativism in the context of Islamophobia and the 'war on terror' / Tahir Abbas -- The silencing of women from the Pakistani Muslim Mirpuri community in violent relationships / Zahira Latif -- "There is nothing 'honourable' about honour killings" : gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalism / Veena Meetoo and Heidi Safia Mirza -- Collective crimes, collective victims : a case study of the murder of Banaz Mahmod / Joanne Payton -- Honour and shame in domestic homicide : a critical analysis of the provocation defence / Anna Carline -- Does the Qur'an condone domestic violence? / Sadia Kausar, Sjaad Hussain and Mohammed Mazher Idriss -- The construction of 'honour' in Indian criminal law : an Indian lawyer's perspective / Geeta Ramaseshan -- Men's violence and women's responsibility : mothers' stories about honour violence / Åsa Eldén -- Lack of due diligence : judgements of crimes of honour in Turkey / Leylâ Pervizat -- A comparative study of the reform work conducted in Asia and Europe to combat violence and 'so-called' honour murders / Rana Husseini -- Ending honour crimes in sub-Saharan Africa : looking at a long hard death / Nancy Kaymar Stafford -- Conversations across borders : men and honour-related violence in the UK and Sweden / Suruchi Thapar-Björkert -- Tackling 'crimes of honour' : evaluating the social and legal responses for combating forced marriages in the UK / Samia Bano -- Reconfiguring 'honour'-based violence as a form of gendered violence / Aisha Gill.ill.