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Honor Killings Are Also Hate Crimes: The FBI and Yaser Abdul Said

October 20, 2008 by Phyllis Chesler  
Filed under News and Opinion

On October 4, 2008, for the first time ever, the FBI described the double homicides of Sarah and Amina Said in Dallas as an “honor killing.” This language accompanied the photo of Yaser Abdul Said on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. On January 1, 2008, Said took his Egyptian passport,and $9,000.00 and, with his wife Tissy’s help, shot and killed both his daughters in his taxi cab. He has not been seen since then.

The Dallas representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was outraged by the description of this crime as an “honor killing.” He was quoted as saying: “Until motive is proven in a court of law, this is just a homicide.” Great-aunt Gail Gartrell told me that an Imam also took to the airwaves in Dallas to express his outrage.

By October 16, 2008, the FBI had deleted the phrase “honor killing” from their description of Yaser Abdul Said on their Most Wanted list…Continue reading on Chesler Chronicles >>

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