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August 11, 2008 British Islam and Other Newslinks

(UK) Video: Killing for 'honor'

-- Britain is stepping up its campaign against so-called "honor-related violence." CNN's Paula Newton reports
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/08/10/newton.uk.honor.violence.cnn
-- Video addresses case of "Banaz Mahmod, 20, an Iraqi Kurd from south London, was killed and buried in a suitcase in Birmingham in April 2006."
-- August 6 court found her cousin and his friend accused of hiding her body - released due to insufficient evidence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7546184.stm
http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157154253541?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController
-- UK Karma Nirvana charity - survivors of forced marriage and 'honour'-based violence
-- Project founder and director Jasvinder Sanghera
http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/

Newslinks: "Honour Killings"
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Current+Affairs/Ethnic+Issues/Honour+Killings

Newslinks: "Honor Killings"
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/?JavaScript=1&search=honor+killing

News: StopHonourKillings.com
http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News

Honor Killings in Muslim majority countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour_Killings#Muslim_majority_countries

UK's first 'sharia-compliant' MasterCard launched for Muslims -- launched today in London
http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2008-08-11-MasterCard-launches-UKs-first-sharia-compliant-credit-card-for-Muslims
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/shariacompliant+mastercard+launch/2392782

UK: Sharia prepaid card
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/uk-sharia-prepaid-card.html
http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/display.var.2422427.0.shariacompliant_card_launched.php

(Scotland) SNP gives more funding to ally's Islamic group
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/latestnews?articleid=4375178


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