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Jordanian man charged over honour killing
AFP. ^ | July 25, 2011

Posted on 07/25/2011 7:37:40 AM PDT by george76

A JORDANIAN man has been charged with killing his 35-year-old sister when she was released from detention over allegedly having sex outside marriage, a judicial official said today.

"The suspect, in his 40s, was charged on Sunday with premeditated murder after fatally shooting his sister five times in Zarqa," northeast of Amman, the official told AFP.

"She had been in administrative detention since February over a fornication case. Apparently she had (sexual) relations with a man who took advantage of her and pretended he wanted to marry her."

Murder is punishable by death in Jordan but in so-called "honour killings" courts can commute or reduce sentences, particularly if the victim's family asks for leniency.

Between 15 and 20 women are murdered in such killings each year in the Arab kingdom

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: honourkilling; honourkillings

1 posted on 07/25/2011 7:37:42 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Wow, those zany guys from the religion of peace are at it again !!! /s


2 posted on 07/25/2011 7:48:39 AM PDT by EN1 Sailor
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To: george76

Any word from the NAGs or other Feminista organizations?

Didn’t think so.


3 posted on 07/25/2011 8:24:45 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: george76

No mention of hair or eye color.

Must be yet another blue-eyed blond.


4 posted on 07/25/2011 9:10:56 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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