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Women In Great Britain

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Shafilea Ahmed was a young Muslim woman, who was born and brought up
in Britain. At the age of 17 she visited Pakistan with her family for
a holiday. There a marriage proposal was made. In order to avoid the
marriage Shafilea drunk bleach and disappeared mysteriously a few
months later. Her body was found in a river near Cumbria. No one can
tell how Shafilea died. She might be a victim of a crime or might
have committed suicide. Police considered that 'she might have been a
victim of 'honour killing', the eventual punishment for an Asian
woman who brings shame to her family or community' (Judd...

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