Jordanian “Honor” Kills His Daughter for Wearing Makeup
Sheesh! Can you imagine your parents killing you for getting a tattoo or a piercing? Seems a little harsh to me…
Jordanian beats daughter to death for wearing makeup in ‘honour’ killing
Beeqube.com
Jordan’s prosecutor has charged a man and his two sons for the premeditated murder of his 19-year-old daughter Saturday, in the latest “honour killing” to take place in this conservative desert kingdom.
The man and his two sons were charged with beating to death the daughter for leaving the house in makeup and talking to a stranger, according to prosecutor Salah al-Taleb’s indictment sheet.
The father brought his daughter to the hospital after she lost consciousness and turned himself in.
Autopsy showed severe injuries to the head which caused brain hemorrhage and the body was covered with bruises.
If convicted the man could be sentenced to life in jail.
The man comes from the eastern Jordanian town of Zarqa, home of slain Iraqi al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and known for its conservatism.
In Jordan, an average of 20 women are killed by male relatives each year. Men have the final say in all family matters in this largely conservative society, where many consider sex out of wedlock an indelible stain on a family’s reputation.
International human rights organizations have condemned honour killings in Jordan and appealed to King Abdullah to put an end to the practice.
The government urged judges to consider honour killings equal to other homicides, punishable with up to life in prison.
But attempts to introduce harsher sentences have been blocked in Jordan’s parliament, where the predominantly conservative Bedouin legislators argue that tougher penalties would lead to adultery.
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21 March, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I found this a awhile ago…
Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?
by Phyllis Chesler
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2009, pp. 61-69
http://www.meforum.org/2067/are-honor-killings-simply-domestic-violence
I will never understand why people in these religions kill thier women…
21 March, 2009 at 5:04 pm
You can’t go wrong with Phyllis Chesler. She’s one of the best.
Cheers
21 March, 2009 at 6:04 pm
“But attempts to introduce harsher sentences have been blocked in Jordan’s parliament, where the predominantly conservative Bedouin legislators argue that tougher penalties would lead to adultery”.
Because only the fear of being murdered by your family will keep those terrible woman folk in line right? And remember folks eyeliner always leads to adultery, always…
Murder might always be wrong but for fucks sake, beating to death your own child is just sickness, That’s your CHILD!
Sorry for the cursing but that was the nicest way I can say it, when it comes to stuff like honor killings or pedophilia it’s really had to say anything that doesn’t include the F word as every other word in a sentence not including all the other interesting vulgarities a couple of kind drill instructors once taught me.
21 March, 2009 at 7:46 pm
What would Gone with the Wind be without the curse word, damn?
Sometimes, a curse word is the only way to convey a particular emotion.
Cheers
21 March, 2009 at 7:26 pm
They sure have a weird, sick definition of honor.
21 March, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Well when your model for what a human being should be is a the Prophet Muhammad, a slave trader, a warlord and a child rapist, what do you really expect? And he is supposed to be the perfect person, he isn’t someone that is considered flawed but did great things he is supposed to be perfect! The man encouraged and promoted rape, slavery, genocide and married a 9 year old girl when he was in his 50′s.
When that is your roll model in life what do you think is going to happen?
21 March, 2009 at 9:51 pm
hmmm, when my boy took red spray paint and gave me roses on my white siding that would last forever…somehow, killing did not come into a thought. were I a muzzie, maybe castration? nah, he’s a boy. what a gift for a mom!