"Honor Killing" of Lewisville, Texas teens
The spreading sickness of some Islamic "traditions" should be a concern for all Muslim young women. Don't expect any indignation from the National Organization for Women. They have been remarkably disinterested in the welfare of Muslim women. They are more interested in liberal causes than real world problems including the terrorism and murder inflicted on women by some Muslim men.Sarah Said was an avid tennis player known as a silly but bright student. Her 18-year-old sister, Amina Said, was often called "the girl with pretty eyes," friends say.
The girls were well-liked and made good grades at Lewisville High School. Their father was strict and rarely let them spend time with friends. When Sarah, 17, recently met a boy at her job, she told a friend that her father would kill her if he found out.
Friends are now rethinking the way they understood that turn of phrase.
The Said sisters were fatally shot Tuesday evening in their father's taxi in Irving, police said. A capital murder warrant has been issued for their father, Yaser Abdel Said, who is accused of killing both girls.
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Yaser Abdel Said, 50, is considered dangerous and may be armed. He lived in Lewisville with his wife, two daughters and 19-year-old son, police said. No other family members were injured.
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A 911 cellphone call, made by one of the sisters at about 7:30 p.m., alerted Irving police to the shootings, but the caller was unable to tell police where she was. Officers were dispatched to the area of O'Connor Road and Riverside Drive, officials said, but they couldn't find the girls.
An hour later, a witness reported seeing a suspicious vehicle in the 200 block of Las Colinas Boulevard, in the parking lot of the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas.
"Someone walked by the vehicle and saw them inside," said David Tull, an Irving police spokesman.
The sisters were dead when officers found them in the vehicle, owned by Jet Taxi. Neighbors said Yaser Abdel Said worked as a taxi driver, but company spokesman Jeff Finkle said he did not work for Jet Taxi.
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If this guy is found and convicted of this horrible crime he should get the death penalty. In Texas there is a good probability that could happen unless the Supreme Court screws up and overturns the current method of lethal injection. If they do, a firing squad would be too good for this guy.
It's pretty obvious to a trained eye that the murders of the Said sisters were dishonor killings.
ReplyDeleteEllen R. Sheeley, Author
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