Honor Killings Are Also Hate Crimes: The FBI And Yaser Abdul Said
October 17, 2008, 11:00 am |
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By Phyllis Chesler
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. … (Continue reading…)
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