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Monday, September 29, 2003


Muslim father hacks daughter to death
In England, an Iraqi expatriate father hacked and stabbed his 18-year-old daughter to death for becoming too westernized and for dating a young Christian man. He then attempted suicide. He has been sentenced to life in prison as the UK has no death penalty.

The confession of Abdalla Yones was the first for "honor killings" in Britain. The law enforcers in England have made it clear that no toleration will be extended to such acts. "Commander Andy Baker, warned anyone who carried out a similar murder - whatever religion they were - would suffer the severest penalties."

Mr Baker said after the case: "Let this conviction be a message, loud and clear, to those who misrepresent their own communities and condone or stay silent over the treatment of women in their midst.

"'Honour killing' is murder and the police and the justice system will come down on you like a ton of bricks if you are found to be guilty of, or an accomplice to, such so-called 'crimes of honour'."
I am sympathetic to the claim that honor killings are really rooted in Bedouin culture rather than Islam per se, but such killings take place in Islamic, non-Arabic Iran and Pakistan, too. The article linked above gives details of other "honor" murders in Britain.

by Donald Sensing, 9/29/2003 09:54:22 PM. Permalink |  





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