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Britain
Killed in wedding dress
2003-10-07
A BRIDE-TO-BE was stabbed to death by a cousin as she dressed for her wedding — after some family members disapproved of her groom. Sahjda Bibi, 21, was butchered 22 times with a kitchen knife in her bedroom. Killer Rafaqat Hussain, 38, struck when the groom arrived at the house — then fled and was on a flight to Pakistan within three hours, a jury heard yesterday.
Ohfergawdsake.
Prosecutor Timothy Raggatt QC told Birmingham Crown Court: "A young Muslim girl was to marry an older man with a less than pristine background as far as some of her family were concerned. There was tension and strife within that family and the plan to murder that young woman was hatched.
"Shaukat! The brazen hussy must be killed!"
"You're right, Chaudry. It's a matter of family honor. His brother killed a second cousin by marriage of my uncle Mahmoud's."
"And I've heard that one of his fourth cousins is married to someone who's not a Bugti!"
"That's right. I've heard that, too. And the cake! Chocolate for a wedding cake?"
"Fatimah! Where's my good knife?"
"Within a few moments what should have been a very happy day was shattered in the most brutal fashion."
Ummm... Yasss. Being butchered would tend to ruin your day, even if you weren't getting married...
Machine operator Hussain had arrived for the celebrations in Alum Rock, Birmingham, from his home in Camberley, Surrey, with £1,000, the knife and two passports, the court heard.
Nothing out of the ordinary there...
He was driven to Heathrow by cousin Tafarak Hussain who played a key part the plot, it was claimed.
Driving the getaway car's a key part...
Rafaqat Hussain returned to the UK and admitted murder at an earlier hearing. Tafarak Hussain, 25, denies murder. The trial continues.
"Nope. Nope. It wudn't murder. It was... ummm... something else."
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#16  NMM - Britain "lets them go about their business"? That's why they're in court facing murder charges then, right? And if you're claiming British police didn't prevent the murder - we don't have minority report technology yet, I'm afraid. By definition, all murders tend to go about their business for a while, irrespective of religion. And do you really think that France's nightmarish Algerian ghettos are some kind of satisfactory "containment"?
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-10-8 4:43:39 AM  

#15  par for the course. Our friends from the middle-east enlighten us with their cultural mores once again.
Posted by: Jarhead   2003-10-7 9:42:32 PM  

#14  Again, with apologies to Bulldog who has accused me of being Xenophobic--THIS HAPPENED IN THE UK--not Phrawnce! The UK has a bigger problem with Islamofascists than France does--they've contained it-- Britain lets them go about their business. There will be a Londistan b4 there is a Parisdad
Posted by: Not Mike Moore   2003-10-7 8:53:29 PM  

#13  Looks like Muslim women should avoid family altogether

I see a grant.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-10-7 8:07:32 PM  

#12  Gee, didn't that post about murder stats yesterday say the best way to avoid getting murdered was avoid arguments? Looks like Muslim women should avoid family altogether.
Posted by: Dar   2003-10-7 7:41:31 PM  

#11  What ever happened to the honorable muslims that stab the bride through the heart and walks out claiming that "Honor" has been restored? Did they all die when we bombed the Taliban and Al-Queada?
Posted by: Charles   2003-10-7 7:20:37 PM  

#10  Oh, Robert, I forgot. Racial statistics are only allowed for college admissions and employment. Actually, because Pakastanis are caucasian, you could use the honor killing spree to offset any Abnormal violence statistics in teh West Indian community.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-10-7 7:11:41 PM  

#9  Fled to Pakistan? No shit???
Posted by: tu3031   2003-10-7 6:54:52 PM  

#8  Superhose -- we're not supposed to notice things like that. You know, when an identifiable sub-culture has violence rates completely out of line with the rest of society? We're just supposed to walk on by, acting like we didn't see anything and we're all equally guilty.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-10-7 6:45:38 PM  

#7  Why are the moslems in the UK going bonkers all at once? Per capita the moslem population in teh UK must have an incredible rate of violence going on in Britain.
Posted by: Superhose   2003-10-7 4:44:46 PM  

#6  Does the Koran require multiple passports?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-10-7 4:15:55 PM  

#5  Sahjda Bibi, 21, was butchered 22 times with a kitchen knife in her bedroom.

Butchered 22 times? The first butchering wasn't enough?
Posted by: Steve White   2003-10-7 4:08:39 PM  

#4  The fucker stabbed her 22 times.

And her "sin"? The groom was divorced.
Posted by: growler   2003-10-7 4:00:16 PM  

#3  I hope all the men involved in this action receive virgins in paradise modeled after this american bride.
Posted by: Superhose   2003-10-7 3:22:46 PM  

#2  It sure was honorable the way he skulked off and fled the country in such haste. Yes, sir, lots of honor was preserved and demonstrated here today by bravely running away.
Posted by: Dar   2003-10-7 3:01:06 PM  

#1  Another fine example of the religon of peace. Savages.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2003-10-7 2:43:00 PM  

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