man runs daughter down with car for becoming "too westernized"

[Amby 490]

An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" was returned to Arizona Saturday to face aggravated assault charges.

Faleh Almaleki was arrested Thursday when he arrived at Atlanta's airport, sent from the United Kingdom after authorities denied him entrance. He was returned to the Phoenix-area city of Peoria, booked and taken to a county jail.

He is accused of striking and then running over his 20-year-old daughter and her boyfriend's mother with his Jeep on Oct. 20 as the women were walking across a Peoria parking lot.

Noor Almaleki remains hospitalized in serious condition after undergoing spinal surgery. The other woman, Amal Khalaf, is in serious but stable condition, according to family members.

Police said the Almalekis moved to Peoria from Iraq in the mid-1990s.

Family members said Noor Almaleki had been living with her boyfriend and Khalaf, and Faleh Almaleki was upset that his daughter had become too "Westernized," had failed to live by traditional Muslim values and had disrespected the family.

After the incident, authorities said Almaleki went to Mexico. He eventually flew to London, but United Kingdom Port of Entry authorities denied him entry into the country.

They contacted U.S. authorities and Almaleki was put on a flight back to Atlanta, where he was arrested.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570852...test=latestnews

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Shame on him! Go ATL!!!

[meowmeowmeow 1]

if you don't like western culture, then why live in the west?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I'm shocked!

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm shocked!

You bigot! There are thousands of Timothy McVeighs who routinely run their daughters down for becoming too westernized.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

if you don't like western culture, then why live in the west?

Its a fair question.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I'm shocked!

You bigot! There are thousands of Timothy McVeighs who routinely run their daughters down for becoming too westernized.

And kill the abortion doctor that tried to give their sweetheart an abortion.

[Peikko 1,575]

Is it indicative on those who emigrate from that culture to this, or is it that this guy is a control freak (which we do have in the west, surprise surprise)

Don't believe me? Explain why someone who wishes to commit suicide because they have insurmountable debt problems (or whatever) chooses to take the rest of the family with him/her?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think the only thing that's certain here is that those who like to cast the net of derision as wide as possible, will find justification in every news headline to do so.

After all, its what bigots do.

[Amby 490]

update: just saw on the news that the girl died last night

[Nagishkaw 510]

I'm shocked!

You and me both.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Lock dad up for life. A lifetime of getting assraped in prison will do wonders for his piety.

[Amby 490]

A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday after laying in a coma for nearly two weeks.

Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20, underwent spinal surgery and had been in a hospital since Oct. 20, when police say her father ran down her and her boyfriend's mother with his Jeep as the women were walking across a parking lot in the west Phoenix suburb of Peoria.

The other woman, Amal Khalaf, is expected to survive.

Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, fled after the attack but was arrested Thursday when he arrived at Atlanta's airport, where he was sent from the United Kingdom after authorities denied him entrance.

Peoria police interviewed him and brought him back to Arizona over the weekend, but have declined to release what Almaleki said to them.

At a court hearing over the weekend in Phoenix, county prosecutor Stephanie Low told a judge that Almaleki admitted to committing the crime.

"By his own admission, this was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family," Low said. "This was an attempt at an honor killing."

Family members had told police that Almaleki attacked his daughter because he believed she had become too Westernized and was not living according to his traditional Iraqi values.

Almaleki, wearing a jail uniform, said only his name and birth date during the hearing. He has declined requests to be interviewed.

Almaleki had faced charges of aggravated assault, but Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef said the charges will be upgraded in light of Noor Faleh Almaleki's death.

Police said the Almalekis moved to Peoria from Iraq in the mid-1990s.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571216...test=latestnews

[Nagishkaw 510]

Lock dad up for life. A lifetime of getting assraped in prison will do wonders for his piety.

[HAL 9000 96]

I also asked the same question enraptured asked. Very strange indeed to come to the 'Western World' and not expect your children to socialize like 'Westerners.' RIP to the young lady.