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ajiss-299	Altınbaş, Nihan	Honor-related Violence in the Context of Patriarchy, Multicultural Politics, and Islamophobia after 9/11	2013.0	19	.pdf	application/pdf	7869	322	48	There are similar patterns of family honor in Latin American and Mediter- ranean societies, among Kurds and Bedouins of the Middle East, within various Indian castes, and in China.13 Instances of honor-related violence have been observed among Muslims, Christians, Jews, Yezidis, Druze, Sikhs, and Hindus,14 as well as among people not professing any religion.15 More specif- ically, historical and legal documents point to the fact that this type of violence is seen in Israel,16 Russia,17 Mexico, Brazil,18 Ecuador and China,19 Italy,20 Spain,21 Greece,22 Bulgaria,23 Macedonia,24 Slovenia,25 Egypt and Kenya,26 Jordan,27 Central Asia and India. The image of “the white man as the saviour of brown/local woman” is reproduced through the media: In the twenty-first century, the western man has become the savior of Muslim women from the burden of traditions and honor-related violence.106 Additionally, the accompanying media campaign played a key role in ensuring the rhetoric of the violations of women’s rights and honor-related violence to legitimize the invasion.107 Patriarchy affects fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible, the Torah, and the Qur’an.	cache/ajiss-299.pdf	txt/ajiss-299.txt