Iraqi immigrant in Arizona charged in honor murder of daughter

He ran over her with his Jeep Cherokee, he told police, because she had become too “Westernized.” Namely, she was living with her boyfriend in Surprise, Arizona.

Here is America’s (and the West’s) choice: it can, as some anti-jihadists seem to prefer, keep importing millions of Muslims into America so that they can be liberated by Western ways. Bringing millions of Muslims to America will mean that innumerable Muslim girls will become Westernized and their fathers will kill them, and America will become a place where Muslim honor killings are as routine as, oh, black on white rape.

Alternatively, we can leave Muslims in their own countries, and make the Muslims who are already here leave, and thus have a society without Muslim honor killings.

Which sounds like the best deal to you?

The story is in The Arizona Republic:

Man charged with murder in ‘honor killing’
Almaleki accused of running over daughter
by Dustin Gardiner—Dec. 22, 2009 12:00 AM

An Iraqi immigrant accused of slaying his daughter in an “honor killing” has been charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Monday.

Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, of Glendale, is accused of using his Jeep Cherokee to run over his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, and another woman in a Peoria parking lot on Oct. 20. His daughter died of her injuries.

Almaleki was reportedly furious with his daughter for becoming “too Westernized,” police said.

Prosecutors have labeled Noor Almaleki’s death an “honor killing,” saying the elder Almaleki killed his daughter because she dishonored the family by not following traditional Iraqi or Muslim values.

She reportedly married a man in Iraq and returned to Arizona to live with a boyfriend and his mother in Surprise.

Thomas announced Almaleki was also being charged with attempted first-degree murder in the attack on his daughter’s friend, Amal Khalaf, 43. Khalaf is the boyfriend’s mother and is expected to recover from her injuries, police said.

Almaleki was charged with two additional felony counts for leaving the scene of a serious injury accident.

Thomas said his office is still determining whether to seek the death penalty for Almaleki. He called the case “tragic,” saying the county will prosecute Almaleki to the full extent.

At Almaleki’s initial court appearance on Oct. 31, county prosecutor Stephanie Low said he admitted deliberately running down his daughter.

“By his own admission, this was an intentional act, and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family,” Low said. “This was an attempt at an honor killing.”

Almaleki was a fugitive for about a week, fleeing for Mexico and later taking a plane to London, investigators said.

He was detained by British authorities and extradited.

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