SAUDI ARABIA: FATHER KILLS CHRISTIAN CONVERT DAUGHTER
(ANSAmed) - DUBAI, AUGUST 13 - A Saudi man, member of the
Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, has
killed his daughter for converting to Christianity, the Gulf
News daily reported, without providing details on the identity
of the main characters in the case.
Sources close to the victim said that the man had cut the
tongue of his daughter and set her on fire following a heated
debate on religion, the newspaper published in Dubai writes. The
brother of the victim found in the woman's computer some
articles on Christianity she had written on various blogs and
regional websites under a nickname and the symbol of the cross.
That discovery made her family life unbearable, the woman wrote
on the 'Al Ukdoud' website a few days before her death.
According to a testimony of a friend of the victim reported
by the 'Free Copts' website, the father is arrested by the
police and investigation has started against him for an "honour
crime". The honour crimes, perpetrated by a male member of the
family against a woman of the same clan to "wipe out the shame
of the dishonour" from her indecorous behaviour, are generally
punished with mild sentences ranging between six months and
three years in jail. (ANSAmed).
2008-08-13 12:41