On the evening of Tuesday, January 1--New Year's day--something horrible happened in my state of Texas. Two sisters, 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah Said were found shot to death in a taxi cab. The suspected killer? Their father, Yaser Abdel Said. Any time a parent murders a child it's tragic, but what makes the murder of Amina and Sarah even more horrific is that it's probably an honor killing.
Yaser Said is an Egyptian immigrant and devout Muslim who was known to be upset with his daughters' Westernized lifestyle. He was particularly angered by the fact that the sisters both had non-Muslim boyfriends. In fact Sarah, the younger sister, told a friend that if her Dad found out about her boyfriend he'd kill her. The girls' mother was scared enough to flee with them to Kansas and then to Tulsa, Oklahoma where she rented an apartment under an assumed name, according to the sisters' great aunt Gail Gattrell. How and why Amina and Sarah ended up back in Texas is a mystery, at least for now.
The murder of the sisters hasn't been officially ruled an honor killing. Yaser Abdel Said is still at large so all the facts of the case are not yet known. In spite of his religious devoutness Said may just be one of those ultramacho, ultracontrolling, latently incestous, psycho dads and would've killed his daughters even if he'd been an atheist. The circumstantial evidence, though, screams honor killing.
It's shocking that an honor killing may have happened in my state, close to my city. Frankly, I always thought that we Texans were too "narrow-minded"--in a good way!--for a backward, Islamic custom to be practiced here. I always expected this sort of thing to happen in liberal, "enlightened", meccas of multiculturalism like California or Massachusetts. But now that it appears that the barbaric practice of honor killing has reared its ugly head in the Lone Star state I hope that my fellow Texans will join me in saying loudly and with firm resolve, "NOT IN OUR BACKYARD!!!!" We owe it to Amina and Sarah to make sure this diabolical crime NEVER happens again.
Rest in peace, beautiful sisters.
3 comments:
Good post.
This kind of evil certainly is not peculiar to Islam, but it sure seems to be a characteristic of the Religion of Peace.
As more Muslims with radical values come to America, and as Muslims here in America get increasingly radicalized, we will likely see more of this -- just like is happening in Europe.
Bush needs to talk to his buddies in Riyadh about this one. The Saudis claim they have no control over militant Islamic propaganda, but try going into the Kingdom with a Bible, and they sure do something about that in a hurry.
"...try going into the Kingdom with a Bible, and they sure do something about that in a hurry." So true, Yankee Doodle! But don't expect Bush to do anything about it. While he understands the military side of fighting radical Islam Bush has totally failed on the ideological front. Pity, too.
Thanks for stoppying by and leaving your comment, YD.
This is one of the saddest stories of sick Sharia behavior in America, I cry every time I read about it. I hope this murdering monkey dies a very painful, horrific and frightening death, sooner rather than later.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
murder your daughters
you sick violent monkeys
just blame it on your culture
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
don't call a murderer names
certainly not a monkey
but a piece of sh*t is fine
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
stay in your backward country
or move to a modern one
but don't let daughters adapt
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