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Frenchman's teen daughter murdered in Mecca
2010-09-16
A 14-year-old adopted daughter of a French man of Algerian origin performing pilgrimage was found murdered, triggering brief riots by relatives and friends, said the Saudi Arabic language daily Alriyadh on Thursday.

Abu Mudeen Al Khateeb said that his adopted daughter had been raped and murdered by unknown assailants in Mecca. The girlÂ’s body was found on Tuesday night on top of an inn next-door to the hotel where Khateeb and his daughter were staying.

“I have full faith in the capability of the Saudi security to unravel this murder case,” he told the paper, following reports of brief riots by a group of Algerian pilgrims in the holy city in protest at the girl’s death.

The paper said the rioters at Alghazza neighourhood in Mecca were demanding punishment of “expatriate workers” at that hotel for the crime. The police commander in Mecca said that a police force was sent to that neighbourhood and dispersed the protesters “peacefully".
Posted by:ryuge

#9  This kind of thing wouldn't happen if they didn't let Christians or Jews into mecca....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-09-16 22:38  

#8  Apparently the Saudis are pondering the idea of a minimum age for marriage for girls. However, as there have been a serious of notorious cases of girls as young as eight being given to husbands as old as their great-grandfathers, I don't see what the fuss is about here, except that Papa didn't actually give permission. And of course the girl was killed, which is a tort or something.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-09-16 20:56  

#7  Rather than risk letting the vile creatures escape, they should make sure they get them.

Stone everyone in mecca.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2010-09-16 15:55  

#6  Rioting is the Islamic method of well-reasoned discourse.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-09-16 15:42  

#5  A child murdered and raped in the Holiest of Islamic places? Where there are no non-Muslims. How could this be? What does this say about the religion of peace (aka submission)?

Interesting how the response is always rioting. No wonder Islamic nations remain in the third world.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2010-09-16 14:29  

#4  It's the work of perfidious Shia.
Posted by: Secret Master   2010-09-16 14:14  

#3  JFM, it'll be the Filipino maid ...
Posted by: Steve White   2010-09-16 07:48  

#2   police force was sent to that neighbourhood and dispersed the protesters "peacefully"

Some of the protesters are ultimately peaceful now?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-09-16 07:44  

#1  I have full confidence in the ability of the Saudi police in not finding any Saudi perpetrator and instead charging some hapless untermensch Afghan or Pakistani. After all Algerains despite speaking Arabic (sort of) are not members of the master race.
Posted by: JFM   2010-09-16 07:23  

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