… for all those who are interested in squarely facing and examining the relationship between religion and the murder of a close relative:

—– Prosecutors In Chechnya Arrest Man Suspected Of Shooting His Sister To Death (The Canadian Press/The Associated Press; June 20)

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia: Prosecutors in Chechnya say they have detained a young man accused of shooting his sister to death in an honour killing.

Prosecutors say the young man has confessed to killing his sister with multiple gunshots because of her “immoral behaviour.”

They said in a statement Saturday that the murder was the latest in a string of killings and disappearances of women in the region. About 30 women aged 18 to 27 have been killed or gone missing since last fall.

Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov said recently that some of the victims were rightfully shot by their male relatives for their “loose morals.”

Kadyrov has carried out a campaign to impose Islamic values and strengthen the traditional customs of predominantly Muslim Chechnya.