Comments on: Another Kind of Terrorism: An Honor Killer On The FBI’s Most Wanted List http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chesler Chronicles » The FBI Was Right. Why They Stopped Calling Yaser Said an Honor Killer. http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/#comment-7247 Chesler Chronicles » The FBI Was Right. Why They Stopped Calling Yaser Said an Honor Killer. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:38:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/?p=274#comment-7247 [...] Abdul Said’s murder of his two daughters as an “honor killing.” I wrote about it HERE. Fox News also did. However, within ten-twelve days, the FBI deleted this description from their [...] [...] Abdul Said’s murder of his two daughters as an “honor killing.” I wrote about it HERE. Fox News also did. However, within ten-twelve days, the FBI deleted this description from their [...]

]]> By: Tina Trent http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/#comment-7024 Tina Trent Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:35:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/?p=274#comment-7024 Imagine what would happen if such crimes, so clearly based on gender bias, were actually counted as hate crimes. Instead, the hate crime industry has quietly prevented gender bias from being prosecuted as hate for 15 years now, with the blessing of the N.O.W. and at the behest of the A.D.L. What disgrace on all of them. Imagine what would happen if such crimes, so clearly based on gender bias, were actually counted as hate crimes. Instead, the hate crime industry has quietly prevented gender bias from being prosecuted as hate for 15 years now, with the blessing of the N.O.W. and at the behest of the A.D.L.

What disgrace on all of them.

]]> By: Mark Rogers http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/#comment-7013 Mark Rogers Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:45:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/?p=274#comment-7013 This is good news from the U.S.A. which contrasts sadly with what has happened here in the U.K. very recently. As from a couple of weeks ago, the English legal system now recognizes that a woman's testimony is worth less than that of a man's and, in a roundabout way, sanctions domestic violence. What has happened is that the English courts henceforth will enforce the rulings of Shari'a tribunals where they do not self-evidently conflict with English criminal law. But that does not deal with the fact that these tribunals treat witness testimony unequally, not according to the relevant weight to be given to the alleged facts, but purely on the sex of the witness. And while doubtless "wife-beating" is not sanctioned by English law, what are we to make of this: when the acceptance of Shari'a enforcement by the ordinary English courts was made, several women who had made complaints to the police of domestic violence, withdrew those complaints and had their troubles submitted to a Shari'a tribunal, which ruled that the men had to go on an "anger management" course. But who took the initiative in getting the police complaints withdrawn; why did the police acquiesce (after all, assault and battery is a crime); why, if the complaints were "unfounded" and charges not pressed, did the police not bring an action for wasting police time? This is shocking, but the most shocking thing about it, is how quietly it seems to have been accepted. That a person's legal testimony is to be ruled upon based upon a matter extraneous to the evidence should now be a recognised legal fact in the English legal system is scandalous. This is good news from the U.S.A. which contrasts sadly with what has happened here in the U.K. very recently. As from a couple of weeks ago, the English legal system now recognizes that a woman’s testimony is worth less than that of a man’s and, in a roundabout way, sanctions domestic violence. What has happened is that the English courts henceforth will enforce the rulings of Shari’a tribunals where they do not self-evidently conflict with English criminal law. But that does not deal with the fact that these tribunals treat witness testimony unequally, not according to the relevant weight to be given to the alleged facts, but purely on the sex of the witness. And while doubtless “wife-beating” is not sanctioned by English law, what are we to make of this: when the acceptance of Shari’a enforcement by the ordinary English courts was made, several women who had made complaints to the police of domestic violence, withdrew those complaints and had their troubles submitted to a Shari’a tribunal, which ruled that the men had to go on an “anger management” course. But who took the initiative in getting the police complaints withdrawn; why did the police acquiesce (after all, assault and battery is a crime); why, if the complaints were “unfounded” and charges not pressed, did the police not bring an action for wasting police time? This is shocking, but the most shocking thing about it, is how quietly it seems to have been accepted. That a person’s legal testimony is to be ruled upon based upon a matter extraneous to the evidence should now be a recognised legal fact in the English legal system is scandalous.

]]> By: Louis Santacroce http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/#comment-7009 Louis Santacroce Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:38:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/?p=274#comment-7009 It's only because you kept this issue before the public that the FBI got off its ass and did something. Now that they've added Said to their Most Wanted List, they might actually try to find him! It’s only because you kept this issue before the public that the FBI got off its ass and did something. Now that they’ve added Said to their Most Wanted List, they might actually try to find him!

]]> By: Norman Simms http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/#comment-7008 Norman Simms Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:53:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/?p=274#comment-7008 Yes, I agree with you and George. Thanks to you, Phyllis, the matter has not been allowed to languish and disappear. Norman Yes, I agree with you and George.

Thanks to you, Phyllis, the matter has not been allowed to languish and disappear.

Norman

]]> By: George Jochnowitz http://pjmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/10/06/another-kind-of-terrorism-an-honor-killer-on-the-fbis-most-wanted-list/#comment-7006 George Jochnowitz Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:05:55 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/?p=274#comment-7006 Better late than never. And who knows? Now that the FBI has done something, maybe the issue will get a bit more attention. Better late than never. And who knows? Now that the FBI has done something, maybe the issue will get a bit more attention.

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