Teachers, police and councils are afraid to take action against so-called honour crimes for fear of being accused of racism, it is claimed.

The threat of being called a racist and having your name smeared is so real these days, that authorities are leaving women to die in the hands of their zealous menfolk. Why would a white cop or teacher speak out, if it means they'll be vilified by the "religion of peace" representatives, or worse yet: brought in front of a thought-crime tribunal?

It found that "political correctness" was preventing bodies from tackling crimes which exist in the country's Muslim, Sikh and Hindu communities.

The authors said families withdraw teenage daughters from school because they fear men will be unwilling to marry them if they are educated.

Many men brought up here want "freshies" - women "uncontaminated" by ideas of independence.

Rahni Binjie of the Roshni Asian Women's Aid, a refuge in Nottingham, said: "We've had women who have disappeared from the education system. We don't know if they've been taken abroad or killed or anything."

Activists say there are particular problems with taxi firms who return women fleeing from abuse.

Jasvinder Sanghera, of the Karma Nirvana refuge in Derby, said: "We just can't trust them. This can be a matter of life and death for these girls."

Nice. Cabbies returning abused women to their abusers. Tell me again why we keep letting these people in?

Labels: Honor Killing, Immigration, United Kingdom