We have no proof that she had been threatened or assaulted to protect the family's honor. Do you have said proof aside from a dubious thread title?
Not sure what you're intending to argue here: that she was attacked to protect the family's honour? I think we'd agreed that was an arbitrary label, generally. As for why she was assaulted, one of the articles that I linked describes the attack as being because she was dating a Hindu.
The articles are linked on this post.
Also: the point was your question about whether these attacks were of equivalent frequency in the Muslim and non-Muslim population. I don't know the answer, but I'm suspicious that it would be higher in the Muslim population because of lagging social attitudes from the legal situation in at least several Islamic countries. I suggested that we just compare statistics, although I don't know where such stats would be collected.
Also: why do you spell "honour" like an American?
Hmmm...
Now, aside from the title, has the father and brother abused and threatened her for bringing dishonor to the family for dating a Hindu? Or just because she's dating outside of her religious circle, which does happen quite a bit in religious families..
I think I mentioned the "circle" above: but by circle, you mean her "mosque group"? ...actually, I've never heard of this in religious families, and certainly not in Britain. And why does this debate sound so damn familiar? Must be deja vu, I suppose.
Thus far, all we know is that her family objected to her dating outside of the religious circle. Their threats and assault upon her person could be a domestic fight gone bad and not the actual planning or decision to kill or harm her for bringing dishonor upon the family for dating a Hindu. Do you get what I mean about the difference? Let me put it this way..
Father says to daughter: "I forbid you from dating that boy! He is not even Catholic"..
Daughter to father: "His religion means nothing to me"..
Father's reply: "Your grandmother would be turning in her grave if she knew you were dating a Muslim".. - slaps daughter across face and threatens to turn her face back to front if she does not do as he says..
Ah: I see where you were going, above. However, there's not much difference - as I think we'd agreed - between what people call an "honour crime" and simple domestic assault. As to whether or not they tried to kill her, or how bad her injuries were, I couldn't say. It certainly sounds like more than a simple slap, however. I don't think it fits into that category.
You're also postulating that it wasn't that she was dating a Hindu, specifically, but rather any (presumably) non-Muslim, or in extremis someone outside her socioreligious group: however, your example above has the seed of my point also, in which the specific religion of the third party is relevant. I don't know that the difference between those points is significant, really.
And frankly, the toleration of such practices is not synonimous to ME countries:
I agree. But do such crimes carry implicit legal leniency? And if so, on what basis? The religious basis for reduced sentencing is clear in the ME: perhaps this does make them a special case after all. Or rather: maybe it would contribute to higher frequency in families from the ME.