Something like half of all Arabic marragies are to 'cousins'.
The percentage is unsure as about half of the Arab countries keep no statisics and the other half are suspect.
Posted on 05/27/2008 1:56:12 AM PDT by forkinsocket
AMMAN -- A jealous Jordanian man has been charged with murder for stabbing his teenage cousin to death during her wedding to another man, a security official said.
"The 26-year-old suspect stabbed his 16-year-old cousin with a dagger five times in the chest and stomach inside the court as she and another male relative were being married by a judge," the official told Agence France-Presse.
"She was rushed to hospital but died there. The man, who apparently killed her because she refused to marry him, was arrested immediately."
If convicted, the man could face the death penalty over the incident in the southern city of Karak.
Court permission is usually required for women under 18 to get married in the Muslim kingdom.
"So far, there is no indication that the crime was an honor killing," another security official said.
Under Jordanian law, crimes of passion, those committed in the heat of the moment, are not subject to the death penalty.
Killers often receive light sentences if convicted as the standard punishment under these circumstances is normally three to 12 months in jail.
Parliament has twice refused to reform the penal code despite pressure from human rights groups to end the near impunity of the perpetrators.
Jordanian authorities recorded a total of 17 so-called "honor" killings in 2007, slightly up on previous years.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Winston Churchill
She probably thought he would be a violent, abusive husband.
Savages.
Inbreeding is rampant in their world. Marrying cousins all the time. The Arabs have all kinds of genetic defects.
Something like half of all Arabic marragies are to 'cousins'.
The percentage is unsure as about half of the Arab countries keep no statisics and the other half are suspect.
Have to say, this wasn't an Ird killing - the usual form of honour killing. It sounds like a Sharaf killing - the guy felt slighted. May he rot in prison and repent before his death.
If convicted, the man could face the death penaltyWe can be pretty sure that's not going to happen. If he had killed the groom...
But he didn't kill the groom. He killed the bride. Why? Because he knows in his culture killing women is small potatoes, not that big of a deal, a minor infraction.
America's "feminists": Are you watching? Do you see what's happening to 1/4 of the women on this planet?
Interesting reading..... Attention muslim women: don’t get raped, the punishment for it is far worse.
I always thought that Tommy Chong’s portrayal of an Arab that would stab and murder at the drop of a dime was way off base and stereotypical, but apparently he was right on......
“Jordanian authorities recorded a total of 17 so-called “honor” killings in 2007”
Either they are counting all of them or something. Seems to me we have that many “honor” killings in a large city here yearly if not more. Not Muslim, but any faith or non-faith.
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