Mother kills raped daughter to restore 'honor'

[Jim Sagle]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001793273_honorkilling17.html

By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Knight Ridder Newspapers

ABU QASH, West Bank — Raped by her brothers and impregnated, Rofayda Qaoud refused to commit suicide, her mother recalls, even after she bought the 17-year-old a razor with which to slit her wrists.

So Amira Abu Hanhan Qaoud says she did what she believes any good Palestinian parent would: restored her family's "honor" through murder.

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Palestinian police reported 31 cases in 2002, up from five during the first half of 1999, according to the center's study. Police in Israel investigated at least 18 honor killings in the past three years.

But the number of killings is likely higher, given that Palestinian police investigate only crimes that have been reported, said Yousef Tarifi, the Ramallah prosecutor assigned to Qaoud's case. Shalhoub-Kevorkian says her research showed the likely number to be 15 times higher than the number of reported cases.

And for anyone who missed the point, this is NOT from 54 years ago.

[MrSoundAndVision]

1. It reflects

a sick society doesn't it? Well who can blame these people as a society, they live in a prison, terrorized everyday by people who just want them to starve. Maybe if I/P issue were resolved, they could have community services to deal with this sort of thing. Sounds of lot like female genital mutilation in Eastern Europe which still goes on, despite humanitarian groups' efforts to end the practice.

[MrSoundAndVision]

2. and...

what was the point? I see you refer to some point, what do you mean exactly?

[TahitiNut]

3. Not LBN. Story (and article) over 12 hours old.

Mother kills raped daughter to restore 'honor'
Seattle Times, WA - 14 hours ago

Palestinian woman kills daughter to restore family's `honor'
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - Nov 13, 2003

Palestinian woman kills daughter to restore family's `honor'
Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau, CA - Nov 13, 2003

I'm locking this thread.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation,
TahitiNut - DU moderator

[Melinda]

4. The cost of not having "Freedom" - Bush* will save them!

Time to export some good ole USA ethnocentricity, that'll straighten em out.

:eyes:

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I find this practice awful, but it *is* a cultural anomaly that needs to be addressed and changed from within... without any military "total war" assistance from Bush*. My heart goes out to all those so oppressed by circumstance and condition.