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Critic of ‘Honor Diaries’ screaming ‘Islamophobes’ to intimidate would-be viewers

By Ashe Schow
Published April 18, 2014 4:00am ET
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Critic of ‘Honor Diaries’ screaming ‘Islamophobes’ to intimidate would-be viewers
"Honor Diaries," the film, goes to great lengths to make clear that the issue of honor killings is not born out of religion but from a culture that sees women as property. (AP Photo) | Achmad Ibrahim

A Canadian Muslim activist who has written extensively about women’s rights in Islam has set her sights on “Honor Diaries,” a film about the horrors that women face in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and North Africa.

Sheema Khan accused the film — and its makers — of being “Islamophobes” in an op-ed in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper.

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