Save Meriam: save our sense of humanity

'Honour killing' is a word that should be stricken from the public vocabulary in every country that makes any claim to being civilised. There is nothing even remotely honourable about murdering a woman in cold blood simply for choosing her own partner.

In an age that celebrates the recent lives and humanitarian achievements of Martin Luther King Jnr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and others, the march toward justice still faces a long and arduous road ahead.

Even if, in the face of injustices like these, the only weapons we have at our disposal are social media, letters to MPs and the like, we must not remain silent.

And, as the Pew figures suggest, we must not ignore the potential for inhumanity or religious persecution within our own region of the world.