"Almaleki told detectives and witnesses that he was angry at his daughter because she was 'too Westernized,' and he felt she was defying Iraqi and Muslim values, said Jay Davies, a spokesman for the Peoria Police Department.
The daughter had shunned an arranged marriage, and was living with her boyfriend and his mother, police said."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110123/us_nm/us_iraqi_trial
If convicted, Almaleki faces life in prison.
On the other side of the pond, the brother of an actress who appeared in several Harry Potter movies was sentenced to six months in jail for attacking his sister. The reason given for the assault was that his sibling was dating a non-Muslim:
"According to the Press Association, she was punched, dragged around by her hair and strangled by her brother Ashraf Azad, 28, who threatened to kill her after he found her talking on the phone to her Hindu boyfriend.
The assault occurred during a dispute at the family home in Longsight, Manchester, which also involved her mother and father. During the row she was branded a "slag" (slut) and a "prostitute" and told: 'Marry a Muslim or you die!'"
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/brother-of-harry-potter-actress-jailed-after-attacking-sister-for-dating-non-muslim-1.338432
Only six months in prison? Although the defendant did not kill his sister, this sentence appears extremely lenient, and I wonder whether this will dissuade other would-be attackers from abusing their female relatives in the U.K.
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