After Henriette Kara's father discovered that she planned to convert to Islam for her Muslim boyfriend, he decided to kill her, authorities claim.Facebook/The Jerusalem PostHenriette Kara
Thousands of honor killings are perpetrated each year, often in countries where Islam is the dominant religion. Thus, relatively few such killings look quite like this.
On June 13, 17-year-old Henriette Kara was found stabbed to death in her parents’ kitchen in Ramle, Israel. On Sunday, Central District state prosecutors filed an indictment against Sami Kara, the girl’s father, an Arab-Israeli Christian. Read More...
“Freddy hated guys who abused women. Whitey was a rat who killed women. It’s probably that simple.”Wikimedia Commons/Don Treeger /The Republican via APWhitey Bulger and Freddy Geas
Shortly after the notorious Boston Mafia boss James “Whitey” Bulger was transferred to the high-security Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia, he was brutally murdered by fellow inmates.
The attackers who carried out the murder tried to cut out his tongue, which is a popular punishment executed in the organized crime world of La Cosa Nostra for mafia members that have cooperated with law enforcement — also known as “rats. Read More...
Inside the mysterious and misunderstood world of Japanese geisha, the respected artists, musicians, dancers, and poets who the West mistook for prostitutes after the American occupation of Japan following World War II. A geisha helps set up another woman's hair in an elaborate style. Geisha and maiko would often sleep with their necks on small supports instead of pillows to make sure that they woke up with perfect hair. Circa 1900-1940. Read More...
