Posted on 04/10/2009 5:47:23 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Posted: Friday, 10 April 2009 6:37AM
Islam 'insulted' by alleged child killer's mug shot, says husband
ORLAND PARK, Ill. (STNG) - The police booking photo of alleged child killer Nour Hadid released Tuesday is an "insult against our religion," says Hadid's husband, Alaeddin.
Orland Park police detectives say the 26-year-old Muslim woman was treated as any other suspect in a murder probe would be, and they did not intend to humiliate her when they photographed her Sunday without her headscarf and wearing only a skimpy top.
Nour Hadid is accused of beating her 2-year-old niece Bhia Hadid to death over four days at her home on the 9000 block of West 140th Street. The child had 55 separate bruises and was beaten "from head to toe," according to prosecutors, who say Hadid confessed.
But Alaeddin Hadid -- who insists his wife is innocent -- said Orland Park police are "really going to be in big trouble" for releasing the woman's booking photo to the news media after she was charged with first-degree murder.
The Hadids are Muslims and Nour "never leaves the home without covering up," said Alaeddin, who's vowed to sue.
By custom, some practicing Muslim women wear the hijab, or headscarf, and cover their arms and legs when in public.
In the mug shot, a bare-headed and obviously emotional Nour appears to be protecting her modesty with her hands.
"It is against our religion; we do not do this in our culture," Alaeddin said.
"People have been calling me about this all day."
Bhia Hadid's funeral took place Thursday.
Orland Park police Cmdr. Chuck Doll said the mug shot was taken "for identification purposes" before Hadid made her confession. Her headscarf was handed back to her after the photo was taken, Doll said.
"A matron was with her at all times while she was in our custody," Doll said. A matron is a law enforcement official who works with women held in custody. "She was wearing a tank top, and she had the headscarf when she was interviewed."
The headscarf later was taken from her after she made suicide threats, he said.
A sobbing Hadid appeared without the headscarf at the Bridgeview courthouse Tuesday and is being held without bail at the Cermak Medical Center at the Cook County Jail, where she remains on suicide watch.
Police have said her husband's possible involvement in Bhia's death still is under investigation.
Nour Hadid's attorney, Frank Celani, said he hopes to speak with her about the mug shot.
Islamic advocacy groups seem wary of taking up Hadid's cause.
Spokesmen for the Council on Islamic American Relations, the Islamic Society of North America and the Bridgeview Mosque Foundation all declined to comment Thursday.
But Dr. Mohammed Sahloul, chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Chicago, said that while police should follow the usual procedures with all defendants, "they should respect the modesty of the accused."
Sahloul, who made it clear he was not aware of the Hadid case and was speaking in general terms about the hijab, pointed out that Muslim women are allowed to wear hijabs in photos for their state IDs.
"If it's for the purposes of identification and they cover in public, then that's going to be more effective in identifying them anyway," he said.
Former chairman Kareem Irfan said, "It's particularly humiliating because she appears to be in her underwear.
"I don't condone what she's alleged to have done.
"But if it was a nun accused of these crimes, would they treat her the same way?"
Maybe that is why even the ambulance chasing types at CAIR aren't eager to take up this case.
She beat a child to death and all they’re worried about is her mug shot?
I think that these people have no culture, and I doubt many
have a soul. We should not allow anyone who claims Islam
as a ‘religion’ to stay in this country. Islam is just
evil and promotes everything vile and ugly. I know them by
their fruits.
i bet she’s covering for the husband...
she didn’t do it... he did...
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Oh Gawd. Cover that up quick!
(snicker)
He said "underwear".
Insulted by the picture, not at the act of killing a child!
She beat a kid to death and he's worried about Islam. Jesus.
Accused Orland child killer asks for Quran behind bars, lawyer says
(http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1522160,041109hadid.article)
April 11, 2009
BY KIM JANSSEN Staff writer
Accused child killer Nour Hadid asked for a Quran in jail and was provided with one Friday, according to her new attorney, Joel Brodsky.
“Nour had only one request Friday and that was that she be brought an Arabic-language Quran, which the Cook County sheriff’s officers have given her,” Brodsky said. “Both she and her husband are modest and devout Muslims.”
Hadid, 26, is accused of killing her 2-year-old niece, Bhia, by beating and biting her to death over a four-day period ending Sunday.
Police say she gave a video-taped confession to killing the child at her Orland Park home.
But her husband, Alaeddin Hadid, says police humiliated her by forcing her to remove her headscarf for a booking photo, which he said was an insult against the couple’s Muslim faith.
Brodsky, best known lately for being Drew Peterson’s attorney, said he believed Orland Park police had “deliberately” humiliated Hadid with the photo as part of “an illegal interrogation.” He suggested he’d try to have the confession removed from evidence.
Orland Park police said Thursday they followed normal procedure when photographing and interviewing Hadid, who is being held without bail until her next hearing April 30.
Perhaps if they like muslim law we can break out the sword or the rocks. Give both of them the respect they deserve.
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