If a woman dishonours her family by dressing too Western or not Islamically enough, or by having male friends, or by a plethora of other mundane things, she could pay for that rebellion with her life. Honour violence and honour killings are frightfully common in Muslim communities across the world. There are thousands of cases per year. And there is strong evidence that these crimes are underreported. Quite often, girls are reported as runaways or their families insist they committed suicide.
