Honor Killing in Jordan
Charles Johnson
Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 8:30 am PST • Views: 281
Another “honor killing” reported today in Jordan, the showcase “moderate” Arab Islamic state, where Islamist legislators have consistently blocked tougher laws to deal with the barbaric practice: Father kills daughter; doubted virginity.
This poor girl was killed because her father was an obsessed paranoid freak, who refused to believe she was a virgin even after doctors verified it.
AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian man fatally shot his 17-year-old daughter whom he suspected of having sex despite a medical exam that proved her chastity, an official said Thursday. The man surrendered to police hours after the killing, saying he had done it for family honor.
A state forensic pathologist, who works at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Amman where an autopsy was performed, said in a phone interview that the girl had run away from home several times for unknown reasons.
Weeks ago, the girl had returned home from a family protection clinic after doctors had vouched for her virginity and the father had signed a pledge not to harm her, the pathologist said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the case.
“The tests proved that she was a virgin,” the pathologist said. The girl returned home only after her father signed a statement promising not to harm her, he added.
The father shot the girl four times in the head on Tuesday. On Wednesday, an autopsy was performed that again showed “she was still a virgin,” the pathologist said.
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