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Posted on 06/03/2004 9:04:01 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
A Jordanian man has reportedly shot his unmarried cousin dead as she recovered in hospital after delivering a baby.
The 35-year-old who has not been named then surrendered to police, saying he acted to "cleanse his family's honour".
Stunned medical staff were present as the suspect and his two brothers ran into the woman's room and opened fire.
The 25-year-old mother was hit by six gunshots, the Jordan Times reported, quoting official sources. The day-old baby lying next to her was unharmed.
The two brothers reportedly turned themselves in later on. None of the people involved were named by the paper.
Murder charges
The newborn baby - who was delivered by Caesarean section on Monday - was sent to a government social institution, the official source was quoted as saying.
The main suspect is to be charged with premeditated murder and his brothers with being accessories to premeditated murder, the source said.
Jordan Times says this is the third case of so-called "honour" killing in the country this week. It also quotes official figures which say that nine women have died in such killings this year. No explanation is given for the apparent rise in deaths.
Campaigners say Jordanian courts often hand down very lenient sentences for male relatives who commit honour crimes.
Last year, the Jordan Times reported that a man received a four-month prison sentence for murdering his younger pregnant sister "in a fit of rage".
Parliament has twice rejected proposed changes in the law that would impose harsher punishments for "honour killings".
...Islam. Religion of Peace and Tolerance...
Di-toe
TROP strikes again.
4 months, now that's quite the deterrent.
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Cordially,
Stories like this make me want to cry.
How can a people be so devoid of love for their sisters?
(Don't answer this, it is rhetorical :( )
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He probably got credit for time served while waiting for trial.
One of these bastards probably was the father.
This week. Somehow I doubt the "official figures" that state it's only the ninth this year.
I'm gonna answer it anyway. Because they are devoid of love for ANYONE.
They're absolutely nuts over there.
Insulting that our liberal press doesn't report on it. Pathetically hipocritical that the "usuals" of the Hollywood elite never speak up about such things either...
Don't make the mistake of equating this with Islam. This kind of thinking predates Islam by hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Now, if they had to spend those four months with panties on their heads...
Perhaps, but only Islam sanctions it and continues to regard it as desirable in the 21st century.
Islam: Religion of Peace . . . the Peace of the Dead!
Why not? They do.
Whether religious or cultural in origin, an act like this is the ultimate "me first" action I can think of. The shitbag who pulled the trigger was overtly telling everyone that his self image was the most important thing in the world. Aren't we all getting more than a little sick of this Arab self image crap (Abu Grahib)?
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