Father fled to Britain after running down daughter in in US 'honour killing'

The Times ^ | 11/3/2009 | Philippe Naughton

[markomalley]

An Iraqi man who tried to flee to Britain from the United States after allegedly running down his daughter for being "too Westernised" faces a possible murder charge after she died from her injuries.

Arizona police said that Faleh Hassan Almaleki ran down Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20, and her boyfriend's mother with his Jeep as the women crossed a car park in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria on October 20.

(snip)

Police said that Mr Almaleki, 48, fled the US after the attack, crossing the Mexican border and leaving his car at the town of Nogales. He then took a flight from Mexico City to London, arriving at Gatwick Airport on October 25.

Interviewed on arrival, Mr Almaleki told UK Border Agency officers that he was planning to spend a week visiting cousins in Glasgow, but he was denied entry because he had only $400 (£245) cash with him and his nominated sponsor in the UK was unemployed.

Officers also discovered on questioning Mr Almaleki that he lived in Arizona with his wife and seven children but when they tried to organise his return to the US they were told that he was wanted for assault over the attack on his daughter.

He was finally deported last Thursday and was taken to jail in Maricopa County, Arizona, to be held on charges of aggravated assault – charges that will now be upgraded.

"By his own admission, this was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family," Stephanie Low, a Maricopa County prosecutor, told a court at the weekend. "This was an attempt at an honour killing."

Bail has been set at $5 million.

[markomalley]

Of course, go to the UK, where they have Sharia law in force...and where such actions would be fully understood...

[null and void]

They don’t call it Londonistan for nothing...

[vbmoneyspender]

Why is he getting bail set at all?

[mancini]

Sheriff Joe welcomes you back, you son of a bitch.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Ran over her with a Jeep

Took a Boeing to .......... Saudia Arabia

No, it was London;

Packed in a Samsonite

Shopped in a Ralph’s supermarket

What else?

Why is he here?

[Glenn]

Sheriff Joe will give him a few words of encouragement, I am sure.

[CedarDave]

Why is he getting bail set at all?

Bail was set on the assault charges before she died. It will no doubt be revoked after he is charged with premeditated capital murder.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Rut-roh ... seems that Sheriff Joe Arpiao has custody of this worthless man. I hope he enjoys his pink underwear and bologna sandwiches. Hard to imagine that Sheriff Joe is going to entertain an ethnic meal plan. LOL

[Nateman]

The moon God was not on his side apparently. If he read up on British emigration rules he might have made it to a country where honor killings are not pursued.

[CrazyIvan]

“This was an attempt at an honour killing.”

Run over a defenseless young woman with a Jeep.

“Honor” would have been the act of saving her from
this pathetic SOB.

[hometoroost]

"Why is he getting bail set at all?"

That's so Janet Napolitano won't have to go to the jail to visit him when she comes to make sure he's okay.

[Pontiac]

"By his own admission, this was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family," Stephanie Low, a Maricopa County prosecutor, told a court at the weekend. "This was an attempt at an honour killing."

I guess she should have said that this was a successful attempt at an honor killing.

Brought to you courtesy of the “Religion of Peace”.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Police said that Mr Almaleki, 48, fled the US after the attack, crossing the Mexican border and leaving his car at the town of Nogales. “

He is not only a cold blooded murderer, he’s a dumb sombitch ;-)

[La Lydia]

Left unexplained is how he traveled the 1,440 miles from Nogales to Mexico City, especially if he left his car in Nogales.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Sheriff Joe, have at him........

[Buckeye McFrog]

Thank God he was deported back before she died, otherwise the EU would have kept him until we agreed not to seek the death penalty.

[agere_contra]

Of course, go to the UK, where they have Sharia law in force

No we don't.

Don't post such nonsense: you're better than this.

[vbmoneyspender]

He shouldn’t get bail because he tried to flee the country.

[maine-iac7]

Sharia law in force

No no no. It's the CHRISTIANs who believe in killing your children - just ask obummmer - well, listen to him explain how awful the Bible is -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi-V_ilJu0w&feature=PlayList&p=0C8CBE77F381502E

Of course, in the example of Deuteronomy, he doesn't mention that the son wasn't killed - but still TODAY muzzies kill their kids as an act of ‘honor’ He said these things in 2006 - before he was tapped to run - and before he thought anyone would look into his beliefs, so he felt free to say such things. I have NEVER heard this aired - it needs to be - email to hannity ...... hannity@foxnews.com

[markomalley]

No we don't.

If Rowan Williams has his way, you will...

[GeronL]

Maricopa County . Maybe the Sheriff should meet him one on one?

[GeronL]

John Wayne would have made an excellent Sheriff Joe in a movie

[Tired of Taxes]

Notice that he first crossed the border to Mexico freely and then flew to London from there. Lucky that the UK stopped him because the U.S. sure didn’t.

[Minutemen]

Mr.Almaleki was only fleeing the U.S. to get a fair trial in a sharia court.

/sarc

[Seruzawa]

Ran away huh? Seems that the “Honor” killers are a bit short on true honor.

[dervish]

DIShonorable killing.

The screwed up religion of Islam stands values on their heads.

[GeronL]

I thought you were going to say Rowan Atkinson...

... I would never have been able to watch Black Adder and Mr. Bean again.

/sarc

[bgill]

I can see the headlines now. More Muslims being tortured with pink panties...

[pnh102]

Will there be no death penalty now since he was returned from the UK?

[markomalley]

Oh, and you might want to review this article:

Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts (from the Times, 2008):

ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.

The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.

Rulings issued by a network of five sharia courts are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court

[edcoil]

Actually pretty embarrassed about sheriff Joe. He is backing Bill Hunt in the California Orange County sheriff’s election.

Hunt tried to sue the citizens in OC for 4 million dollars after being fired by Carona - he was suing because his experience at the sheriff’s office left him “emotionally unstable” and wanted the 4 million.

Now he wants to be elected to an office that he says left him unstable and sheriff Joe seems to want to help him.

[charles1252]

Yeah his daughter brought “shame” to the family but murdering her(or anyone)doesn’t?

[mark3681]

“I hope he enjoys his pink underwear and bologna sandwiches..”

Pork bologna, of course.

Offer him a reality show. That’ll get him back in a hurry.

[CedarDave]

He shouldn’t get bail because he tried to flee the country.

Agreed, even before she died. He DID flee the country. The video of his arraignment shows the judge considering making it a conventional bond (10% or $500,000 required). CAIR would have come up with that in a heartbeat. She wisely reconsidered making it a $5 million cash only bond.

[Deo volente]

"This was an attempt at an honour killing."

Now that he's succeeded, he deserves an honorable execution.

[nina0113]

ping for later - no streaming video

[PzLdr]

Fry him. With bacon.

[cvq3842]

They let this guy in and are keeping Michael Savage out?

[Ready4Freddy]

Bail was set on the assault charges before she died.

$5 mil seems a bit strong for assault, however aggravated it was. I'm thinking that the $5 mil is the new bond. After his run, they should revoke bond entirely.

[Ready4Freddy]

No, the UK didn’t allow him to enter the country.

[machogirl]

I looked at an article on Huff and Puff regarding this. I expressly wanted to read the comments. I believe it was approx. the 20th comment where GWB was blamed for this. For the most part, the comments were in the vein of “don’t paint Islam” with this brush and evil conservatives are blaming Islam... blah, blah, blah.

[CedarDave]

For the most part, the comments were in the vein of “don’t paint Islam” with this brush and evil conservatives are blaming Islam... blah, blah, blah.

Yeah, it must be those violent Amish again.

[machogirl]

They really are troublemakers.

[RJL]

Mr.Almaleki was only fleeing the U.S. to get a fair trial in a sharia court.
/sarc

I'm thinking he wanted to get to Scotland. In Scotland, The Pan-Am flight 103 bomber did just 12 day in jail for each of his murders before being sent home a free man.

[flitton]

A bit like this:
Good News! Shari'a Law in ... Texas! Assalam aleikum, y'all! The Second Court of Appeals of the State of Texas has rendered a ruling on the enforceability of shari'a judgments rendered by imams. According to the Texas appeals court, it's all good. You've heard of the Texas Courts. Ladies and gentlemen, make way for the Texas Islamic Courts!!! The parties will ask the courts to refer the cases for arbitration to Texas Islamic court within "Seven Days" from the establishment of the Texas Islamic Court panel of Arbitrators. The assignment must include ALL cases, including those filed against or on behalf of other family members related to the parties. Each party will notify the other party, Texas Islamic Court, and their respective attorneys, in writing of the assignment of all the above Cause Numbers from the above appropriate District Court to Texas Islamic Court. In general, private arbitration agreements are enforceable by government courts. Shari'a arbitration agreements are one type of private arbitration agreement. Without a theory as to why shari'a arbitration agreements shouldn't be enforced by the courts, I'm not sure what else the appeals court could have done in this case. Still, this is not a welcome development.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191148.php

In fact there was a recent case on honour killings in which the court of appeal made some trenchant comments:

A senior judge yesterday condemned the notion of honour killings as an affront to English law. Lord Justice Wall declared that 'they are acts of simply sordid criminal behaviour' and 'had nothing to do with any concept of honour known to English law'. In an Appeal Court test case he ruled that the welfare of children should not be put at risk because of the 'honour' idea held in some Muslim families. The judge added: 'Arson, domestic violence and potential revenge likely to result in abduction or death are criminal acts which will be treated as such. The case, involving three children of a Pakistani family who were removed by social workers and taken into care, is the first childcare case touching on honour issues to reach the level of the Appeal Court, which sets precedents to be followed in other courts. The 41-year-old father of the children asked for the right to have contact with them, but was refused. He also asked that the children, who have been put in the care of white non-Muslim foster parents, should be sent to live with a Muslim family. ...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162409/Theres-honour-killing-judge-tells-Muslim-family-test-case.html#ixzz0W16bOvQd