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| Police Say Father Killed Daughter for Family Honor |
| 2008-07-07 |
| Pic of daddy at the link. Looks like a fun guy... CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga.– A Clayton County man was behind bars Sunday, accused of killing his own daughter. Police said the father was angry because he felt his daughter was disgracing the family. Investigators said 54-year-old Chaudhry Rashad was so outraged at his daughter, Sandela Kanwal, and her plans for divorce that he killed her after a heated argument at the family's home. Investigators said Rashad confessed to strangling the 25-year-old woman. Gonna have to give the dowry back, Chaudry? The family is very upset and stressed," said Shahid Malik of the Pakistani American Community of Atlanta. As they always are... Malik met with the family Sunday and said they were all traumatized. ...and they're upset. And stressed too. Neighbors said the family was generally quiet, but also hard to miss. "I would see the young lady outside every once in a while dressed in the traditional Muslim gear," said neighbor Jack Hannah."The father, he would pray at certain times of the mornings and evenings," said neighbor Cynthia Smith. He was a pious man... Rashad was taken to the Clayton County jail. Police said they interviewed Rashad and he said he killed his daughter as a matter of honor, because he felt her plans for divorce would have disgraced the family. So. Can I go now? "She was under depression too and the father was very stressed and under depression," said Malik. Ah, yes. The "depression". Certainly, he can't be blamed... Police said the victim had been in an arranged marriage and hadn't seen her husband, who lives in Chicago, for months. Malik said arranged marriages are not uncommon for Pakistanis. He said the marriages are usually accepted and successful, although young people living in American might develop problems with them. "Their minds are changed when they live here due to this system," said Malik. Friggin infidels corrupting their minds no doubt... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 Someone should ask Doc Druid if this is one of those cases where sharia law would apply. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-07 16:30 |
| #5 ...and after 20 years of failed appeals, he gets his lethal injection, and goes to see his virgins... Unless Anthony Kennedy delays his death, and Chaudhry has to wait for natural causes to set in... But, being he is 54, it's 50-50 anyways which will happen first... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2008-07-07 16:27 |
| #4 Couldn't agree more anymouse. Becase 1st degree murder of your daughter is so honorable (I believe that if the murderer is going to quote a cultural belief as a motive to kill then it was something thought about and threatened, not a 'in the heat of emotion' situation). |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-07-07 16:22 |
| #3 If muslim fathers were truly concerned with family honor they would take the Samurai warrior path and kill themselves since it's their own paternal failures that lead to the "dishonor". |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-07-07 15:20 |
| #2 Where's Judge Roy Bean when you need him? Deport the whole rest of the clan after stretching his neck. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-07 14:33 |
| #1 These Amish are beasts! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-07-07 13:43 |