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05/11/2008: "Iraqi kills his daughter over (unreciprocated) crush on British soldier"
Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant - and how police backed his actions.
'Death was the least she deserved,' said Abdel-Qader. 'I don't regret it. I had the support of all my friends who are fathers, like me, and know what she did was unacceptable to any Muslim that honours his religion,' he said.
The mother is now trying to raise enough money to escape abroad. 'I miss my two boys,' she said. 'But they have sent a message saying that I am wrong for defending Rand and that I should go back home and live like a blessed Muslim woman,' said Leila, who is now volunteering with a local organisation campaigning for better protection for women in Basra.
[ Miscegenation is a bad thing, and parents should take an extremely intolerant stance against it, however the Muslims often take things too far. They kill their daughters for falling in love with a Muslim of a different sect, and they would accept this British man as being one of them if he had converted to their own sect. This story gives an insight into an ethnic difference in temperament. ]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/11/iraq.humanrights
