
The fate of Westernizing Muslim females?
Perhaps her "conservative" father should have considered the possibilities of his daughter becoming "too Westernized" when he, no doubt, freely chose to immigrate to the West. More on this story.
"Honour killing victim's parents refuse to testify," from The Local, January 5 (thanks to Dionysios):
The parents of the German-Afghan victim of an “honour killing” by her brother last year refused to testify in a Hamburg court on Monday. Meanwhile state prosecutors have also accused her father of abuse.And, if she does testify, need she fear her late sister's fate?The 24-year-old Ahmad-Sobair O. is on trial after admitting to police that he killed his 16-year-old sister Morsal O. on May 23, 2008 because she had turned away from her family. The girl died after suffering 23 stab wounds in a Sankt Georg district parking lot. Both siblings, who immigrated to Germany 13 years ago, have German citizenship.
The two parents of the family, as well as the girl’s younger brother refused to testify. Her sister is scheduled to testify on Monday afternoon.
Before she was murdered, Morsal O. had been seen by emergency youth services on several occasions, suffering from pressures by her family, which did not approve of her Western lifestyle.Also known as the "non-Muslim" lifestyle.
Her brother had already been prosecuted for assaulting her and others. He was sentenced in March on an assault charge to one year and five months without possibility of probation. He had requested his March sentence be deferred, but was notified in writing - a day before the stabbing - that the request had been rejected.Now state prosecutors have accused her 46-year-old father of abusing the girl in May 2008, a spokesperson told news agency DDP on Monday.
A series of six honour killings - including the shooting at a bus stop of 23-year-old Turkish woman Hatun Sürücü in Berlin - shook Germany in 2005. Sürücü's youngest brother, Ayhan Sürücü, later confessed to killing her because he did not approve of her Western lifestyle.


























Updated pro-israel rally schedule
http://standwithus.org/app/iNews/view_n.asp?ID=739
New York
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Across from Israeli Consulate in New York
Street: E 42nd Street @ 2nd Avenue
Washington D.C.
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Outside Israeli Embassy
Street: 3514 International Dr. NW
Los Angeles
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: In front of the Israeli Consulate in L.A.
Street: La Jolla & Wilshire
Los Angeles
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 12 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Federal Building in Westwood L.A.
Street: Veteran and Wilshire
StandWithUs, Bnei Akiva and the ILC in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, and Jewish Day Schools across Los Angeles, invite you to STAND IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL's RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS
Washington D.C.
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Street: 600 I. Street, N.W.
Atlanta
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Ahavath Achim Congregation
Street: 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW
Boston
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Congregation Mishkan Tefilah
Street: 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill
Pacific Northwest
Seattle and Portland are planning rallies this week to take place in the near future.
If you are interested in helping plan or attend a rally in Seattle, please contact seattle@standwithus.com.
If you are interested in helping plan or attend a rally in Portland, please contact portland@standwithus.com.
Filed under Hamas, Gaza on Sunday, January 04, 2009.