Wife Tries to Kill Husband Over Muslim Principles, Cops Say
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A New York woman allegedly tried to slit her husband's throat because she said he wasn't the devout Muslim she thought she married five months ago, the Staten Island Advance reported.
Rabia Sarwar told authorities in a four-page written confession that she tried her "best to cut his throat," but that her husband, Sheikh Naseem, woke up and took the knife from her.
The 37-year-old's attorney told the Advance that Naseem, a high school teacher who is half Pakistani, "was a cruel person, he preyed on her."
"He literally threatened to have her parents mutilated," Joseph Licitra told the newspaper.
Unnamed sources told the Advance Naseem pressured Sarwar, a Pakistani, to do things that were against her religious beliefs.
"He made her do stuff that she didn't like to do — eating pork, drinking alcohol, wearing short clothes. She did all of that to make him happy," the source said.
Then In Arizonia We Have
Muslim Arizona Man Arrested After Allegedly Running Down 'Westernized' Daughter
Friday, October 30, 2009
Faleh Almaleki
PEORIA, Ariz. — Police in a Phoenix suburb say they have arrested a father suspected of hitting his daughter with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraqi values.
Police in Peoria are releasing few details, but say 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki is in custody. Police aren't saying where Almaleki was arrested or where he's being held.
Almaleki's daughter, 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki, is hospitalized in serious condition. According to police, the Almaleki's moved to the suburb of Glendale from Iraq during the mid 90's.
Police say Faleh Almaleki was upset that his daughter had become too "Westernized" when he aimed his car at his daughter Oct. 20 in a Peoria parking lot.