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Muslim woman, 19, stoned to death in Ukraine

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Summary of story from Daily Mail, doctor May 31, 2011

A Muslim woman Katya Koren, 19, has been found dead in a village in the Crimea region, Ukraine,  stoned to death by three youths because she “violated Sharia laws”.

Friends said she liked wearing fashionable clothes and had come seventh in a regional beauty contest.

Her battered body was buried in a forest and was found a week after she disappeared. Police have opened a murder investigation and are looking into claims that three Muslim youths killed her, claiming her death was justified under Islam.

One of the three – named as 16-year-old Bihal Gaziev – is under arrest and allegedly told police that Katya had “violated the laws of Sharia”. Gaziev has reportedly said he has no regrets about her death.

  1. Every time I read about someone being stoned I shudder. What an awful barbaric act. That poor poor girl.

  2. Jackie says:

    Yes, poor poor girl. This is all about male power and the way that women are controlled, policed and punished under patriarchal rules. Hateful. I call this femicide.

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