Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Saudis behead murdering/torturer parents

And that's just fine with me. Have a nice day. Oh, by the way, the parents will never have another "nice day" again, since they are frying in hell for eternity, while the murdered and tortured 9 year old girl is in the bosom of the Lord.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=105751&d=17&m=1&y=2008

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MAKKAH, 17 January 2008 — A Saudi couple, convicted of murdering a nine-year-old girl in 2006 after torturing her for a year, were executed here yesterday.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the Interior Ministry said Nashaat Ahmed Haji and his wife Iman Ghazawi were beheaded for killing Ghosun, Ahmed Haji’s daughter from his first marriage.
The ministry said the couple tortured and burned the girl because her father had suspicions that she was not his legitimate daughter. The story of the girl, who died in April 2006, was extensively reported in Arab News.
According to the ministry statement, Ahmed Haji had beaten the girl on her leg using an iron pipe. He then broke her left hand, threw kerosene on her face and burned her legs.
The man had on several occasions chained the girl to a window sill and had on one occasion denied her food and water for three consecutive days. He had hit the girl with his car while she was in the courtyard of the house. “All this was done to get rid of the girl simply because he had suspicions that Ghosun was not his lawful daughter,” the ministry said.
Spelling out the charges against Ahmed Haji’s wife Iman, the ministry said she had played a major role in the abuse by inciting her husband and even participating in the crime.
According to details revealed during the trial, the stepmother once pushed Ghosun to the wall and poured a flammable substance on her. She had tied her up on three occasions, kicked her in the stomach and beat her with a stick.
The ministry said the couple had tortured the child for a year after gaining custody of her from her biological mother following a legal battle. “The couple had confessed to their crime after investigation,” the ministry added.

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And may God console the biological mother of this girl, and her family who tried to help to rescue her. I hope the members of the "system" who failed this girl while she was alive will repent and seek forgiveness from God.