Middle East Online
Jordan 'honour killings' cover for other crimes
Men exploit lenient laws to murder women for inheritance, settling family feuds or to hide other crimes.
AMMAN - When 18-year-old Maha decided that she wanted to quit her family's prostitution ring, her brother killed her and alleged it was to "cleanse" the family's honour.
Maha is one of hundreds of women in Jordan and other conservative societies who rights groups say are killed every year by their male relatives in so-called honour crimes for "sullying" the reputation of their families.
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