Rokstan M

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24 Oct: Syrian woman killed in Germany by her family for being ‘unclean’ after being gang-raped

Muslim honour killing 20-year old Rokstan M stabbed to death, allegedly by her father and brothers. In the Muslim tradition of honour killing she had brought dishonour to the family for being ‘unclean’ after being gang-raped, and killing her was the only way to restore the family’s honour. The body of a 20-year-old Syrian woman, known  only as Rokstan M was unearthed from a shallow grave in the small Saxon town of Dessau on October 2, 2015. Her father and brothers allegedly stabbed her to death on her mother’s orders, after she was gang-raped by three men. The rape left her “unclean” and the mother allegedly demanded the killing to restore the family’s honor. German police are seeking the father and brothers. That by itself is not newsworthy; what is newsworthy is the news itself, which appeared in not one of Germany’s major daily newspapers or websites. The tabloid Bild-Zeitung ran the story,…