Another example of seventh century values meets twenty-first century law. For you young muslim girls living in America, reading this because you searched for information, read, learn and flee the cult before you are next. Any women’s shelter will take you and protect you. Print this article and a few others like it. If you feel like you are in danger, you are probably right. If you go to school with a muslim girl, talk to her and let her know where she can get help.
by Jamie Tarabay, 27 January 2009, NPR
Police in Atlanta have been investigating the death of a 25-year-old Pakistani woman, who was allegedly murdered by her father in the name of family honor.
She wanted out of an arranged marriage, but her father thought a divorce would bring
shame to the family.
Honor killings are old rites of murder within families, committed because of some perceived dishonor or shame. The United Nations estimates around 5,000 deaths occur each year — mostly of women, mostly in South Asia and the Middle East.
-Those numbers are low many are never reported.
A Quiet Street
Detective Mike Christian of the Clayton County Police Department has lived in Jonesboro, a suburb of Atlanta, all his life.
“Supposedly Tara — the big plantation from ‘Gone with the Wind’ — this is where it was located,” Christian says of the family’s home.
Past the cemetery where the flag still flies, he pulls into a quiet street with tidy brickfront two-story homes.
“That’s it — 9816,” he says. “They’ve got a ‘for sale’ sign in the yard. The window to her bedroom is open.”
It was around 1 a.m. on July 6 when police got several 911 calls connected to that house. The first was from a man who told police, “My daughter’s dead.” Then, at 1:55 a.m., Clayton County received a 911 call from a woman named Gina Rashid who was worried about her stepdaughter, Sandeela.
-In many of the cases the entire family is not only aware this is going to happen but often they participate. (more…)
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