Assessment
A headline that I found intriguing and disturbing this past week, was the story about the father who allegedly ran over his daughter because she had become “too Westernized”. Twenty year old, Noor Faleh Almaleki, underwent spinal surgery but died after suffering fatal injuries. The father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, fled the scene, but was later caught and admitted to the crime. He believes he had the right to “discipline” his daughter in this way because she “brought shame to the family. It was an attempt at an honor killing”.
This story is extremely sad. As Americans I don’t think we take into consideration other cultures, customs or beliefs other than our own. This man thought that running over his daughter was the right thing to do, and that, to Americans, is mind-blowing. But its commonplace in other cultures. (Not so much running over people, but discplining them as they se fit, whatever the extreme)
Link to story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571216,00.html
