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Egyptian Hangs, Then Decapitates Daughter

From Germany’s DPA:

Egyptian farmer hangs, decapitates daughter in ‘honour’ killing

May 25, 2008

Cairo - An Egyptian farmer who suspected his 16-year-old daughter was having an affair hanged her and then beheaded her body in the southern province of Bani Soueif, it was reported Sunday.

The local daily Al-Akhbar said Abdel-Samad, 46, turned himself to the police after the killing. It said a police investigation showed the father suspected his daughter of having the affair.

So-called honour killings are not unusual in Egypt and other countries of the Middle East, where families murder female members for having brought ’shame’ on their name.

Such killings often involve a female member refusing an arranged marriage or having a relationship that the family considers to be inappropriate.

Ho hum.

But lest we forget, the wicked British forcible stomped out suttee (sati) funerals in India.

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8 Responses to “Egyptian Hangs, Then Decapitates Daughter”

  1. U NO HOO

    I mean to be sarcastic rather than humorous.

    Did you hear the story about the farmer’s daughter?

    This one isn’t funny.

  2. 1republicanscientist

    OK annods, how about this? It took two to tango here as well, I suppose. The poor muslim father, he must have been terrified, there’s nothing scarier than a sweet innocent daughter, I have two of my own and these “men” make me sick to my stomach.. Any anecdotes, annods? puke.

  3. U NO HOO

    It does take 2 to tango, but, taking it out of context, an eye for an eye, let the punishment fit the crime, equal pay for equal work, etc.

    Kill your daughter? Must be some of that tough love stuff.

    “hanged her and then beheaded her body” Unintended pun, isn’t this overkill?

  4. bousquem

    What made it even worse in my opinion is the “he suspected”. So even if she was not having an affair/dating, she’s suppose to be killed by the family, what nutcasae came up with these laws. And what is even sadder is the fact that it’s not a few communities living by ultrastrict codes (ie maybe 100 people in a country of 20 million) but a widespread cultural thing. Watch the courts in Egypt let this guy get away with no punishment or maybe a slap on the wrist.

  5. The Redneck

    Overkill means he’s especially faithful.

    I still think we need to run an underground railroad to get women out of that hellhole while they still have their vaginas.

  6. 1republicanscientist

    I cannot let this one go. How in the hell can someone do that to their own flesh and blood? I couldn’t do that to an animal, much less a human being, and even much less my own flesh and blood. What kind of sick, demented crap is happening over there? Think about it, these are only the stories the press chooses to report. What else is happening? What a bunch of sick twisted f(*^*&^’s. I’m close to 40 and the Army got the best of my youth (albeit I gladly gave it and would do it a million times over) but I would have no problem being sent to fight these sadistic morons. Go ahead someone, defend this monster and those like him.

  7. Diane

    What kind of sick, demented crap is happening over there?

    What’s going on over there is what’s been going on for at least 1500 years, and probably longer. It’s a culture where women and children are property, on a par with (and not especially superior to) horses and cattle. Have a rooster who keeps pecking holes in new-laid eggs? Pen him up. If that doesn’t work, kill him. Have a daughter who refuses to obey? Pen her up. If that doesn’t work, kill her. It’s exactly the same thing. The Greeks and Romans were both pretty much ok with the “pen her up” part, but drew the line at killing. Christianity completed the thought by asserting that women and children were all human, children of God, and led to our current attitudes in the matter.

    Which, of course, makes us infidels and haram, since we disagree with the Perfect Guide to Life.

  8. SonoraRebel

    “Islam Delenda Est!” ‘Nuff said!


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