It looks like most of the refugees from Iraq to Sweden are Assyrian Christians. While there have been a few isolated honor killings among Middle Eastern Christians, 99% (or more) of honor killings are performed by Muslims. Virtually all female genital mutilation is performed by Muslims. In short, the fact that these communities are largely Christian makes it easy to show that they would not be involved in honor killings. As a result, the statements are probably bad generalizations.

I do, however, stand by the position that generalizations are appropriate when statistics bear them out. They should not be applied at the individual level to someone you don't know, but when referring to a group it is okay to use factually correct generalizations. For example, "Let's not serve beef at the fundraiser - half the people who are giving money are Hindus".