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# Muslim agency targets ‘honor related’ domestic violence
- URL: https://www.iqra.ca/2012/muslim-agency-targets-honor-related-domestic-violence/
- Published: 2012-01-24T20:59:51.000Z
- Updated: 2012-01-24T20:59:51.000Z
- Author: iqradotca
- Tags: Canadian Muslims, iqra, IQRA.ca, Islam Canada, Muslim Canada, Muslims in Canada, News, Uncategorized

(January 24, 2012) – A London, Ontario based Muslim agency announced today that it is launching a project that targets “honor related” domestic violence.

The [Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration](http://mrcssi.com/?ref=iqra.ca) (MRC) which helped develop the *[Call to Action to Eradicate Domestic Violence](http://www.caircan.ca/downloads/Call%5Fto%5FAction%5Fto%5FEradicate%5FDomestic%5FViolence.pdf?ref=iqra.ca)* statement recently issued by Canadian Muslim organizations is starting the [Family Honour Project.](http://mrcssi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/MRC-MEDIA-RELEASE-FAMILY-HONOUR-PROJECT-JAN-19-2012-1.pdf?ref=iqra.ca)

“If you have effective strategies for identifying the risk factors of so-called honor-related violence, you can reduce the possibility of honor killing,” Mohammed Baobaid, Executive Director of MRC, told The Globe and Mail.

The model for the project is the [CeaseFire Project](http://ceasefirechicago.org/?ref=iqra.ca) of Chicago, Illinois, which has been working with street gangs for 11 years to prevent violence before it occurs.

“CeaseFire is a unique, interdisciplinary, public health approach to violence prevention,” MRC said in its press release. “The model prevents violence using a three-prong approach: identification and detection; interruption, intervention and risk reduction; and, changing behavior and norms.”

MRC will start with a focus on the Muslim Community in the London area, but intends to share its experience with communities across the province in the near future.

The program comes amid a high-profile trial taking place in Kingston, Ontario, in which Afghan-born Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were accused by the prosecution of “honor killings” in the death of his first wife and three daughters.

The project is a data-driven model that uses a combination of statistical information and knowledge of the community to determine where to concentrate efforts, focus resources, and intervene in violence.

[The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children, Faculty of Education, The University of Western Ontario,](http://www.crvawc.ca/section-about%5Fus/p%5Fresearch%5Fassociates.htm?ref=iqra.ca) will be a research partner in the initiative.

“We know this will be viewed as somewhat controversial in our community,” Saleha Khan, a board member for the resource centre, told the London Free Press.