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  • Palestinian woman kills daughter to restore family's 'honor'

    11/18/2003 7:10:32 AM PST · by Stew Padasso · 87 replies · 283+ views
    Palestinian woman kills daughter to restore family's 'honor' BY SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON Knight Ridder Newspapers ABU QASH, West Bank - Rofayda Qaoud - raped by her brothers and impregnated - refused to commit suicide, her mother recalls, even after she bought the unwed teenager a razor with which to slit her wrists. So Amira Abu Hanhan Qaoud says she did what she believes any good Palestinian parent would: restored her family's "honor" through murder. Armed with a plastic bag, razor and wooden stick, Qaoud entered her sleeping daughter's room last Jan. 27. "Tonight you die, Rofayda," she told the girl,...
  • Tulkarm man kills mother over 'Jewish lover'

    09/12/2002 11:35:17 PM PDT · by eclectic · 18 replies · 231+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | 9/12/2002 | KHALED ABU TOAMEH
    Miriam Sufan, 46, was stabbed to death by her son in downtown Tulkarm on Wednesday evening, because he suspected she was having an affair with a Jewish man, according to reports. The son, Adnan, told passersby that his mother was a traitor because she was having an affair with a Jew. "He was walking with his mother hand-in-hand, when he suddenly drew a big knife and started stabbing her in the chest and face," according to shopkeeper who saw the killing. "It was a big shock for many people who happened to be in the market buying food before the...