S. Behnaz Hosseini is a Visiting research fellow in Centre for Studies in Religion & Society, University of Victoria in Canada and an Honorary Fellow in the Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin College.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1. Traditional Society and Violence against Women 2. Honour Killings and the Rule of Islamic Law 3. Child Marriage and Its Consequences: Poverty, Addiction, and Divorce 4. Marriage and Life after Divorce: Caught between Tradition, Poverty, and Suicide References

S. Behnaz Hosseini is a Visiting research fellow in Centre for Studies in Religion & Society, University of Victoria in Canada and an Honorary Fellow in the Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin College.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1. Traditional Society and Violence against Women 2. Honour Killings and the Rule of Islamic Law 3. Child Marriage and Its Consequences: Poverty, Addiction, and Divorce 4. Marriage and Life after Divorce: Caught between Tradition, Poverty, and Suicide References

S. Behnaz Hosseini is a Visiting research fellow in Centre for Studies in Religion & Society, University of Victoria in Canada and an Honorary Fellow in the Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin College.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1. Traditional Society and Violence against Women 2. Honour Killings and the Rule of Islamic Law 3. Child Marriage and Its Consequences: Poverty, Addiction, and Divorce 4. Marriage and Life after Divorce: Caught between Tradition, Poverty, and Suicide References